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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1977

Filed:

Jul. 14, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:

William J Troyer, Orchard Park, NY (US);

Assignee:

Houdaille Industries, Inc., Buffalo, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 / ; 74574 ;
Abstract

Elastic tuning, spacing and sealing rings substantially fill annular grooves in a ring shaped inertia mass and face toward and into engagement with the body of supporting disk means extending radially into an annular working chamber defined by the inertia mass, the chamber being substantially filled with a viscous damping medium. Annular retaining flanges along the radially inner sides of the grooves assist in mounting the elastic rings in concentric relation to one another and to the working chamber and protect the rings against intrusion of dirt and contaminants. The grooves are partially unfilled and provide damping medium reservoirs about the radially outer sides of the elastic rings. Several optional configurations and combinations are disclosed to meet practical considerations.


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