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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 15, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Terry E Nels, Xenia, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1921061 ;
Abstract
A clutch and damper assembly wherein a single plate clutch has torsion springs and deformable resilient members, permitting a wide angle of travel, disposed between the clutch input and output to accommodate engine torsional vibrations imposed on the clutch. The torsion springs permit a predetermined amount of relative angular movement between the clutch input and output at a predetermined rate, and the resilient members become operable after the predetermined motion to permit further relative motion at a higher rate. A friction assembly included within the damper dissipates the periodic energy of the torsional vibrations.