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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:
Feb. 21, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
John C Schultz, Buffalo, NY (US);
Assignee:
Houdaille Industries, Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74574 ; 192 / ;
Abstract
A viscous damper which has any one or more of three main features, namely at least one of a rotor and housing being formed from rigid plastic material, a bearing projection on one housing portion extending from the plane of the housing working surface less than shear film spaced relation toward the working surface of the rotor member, and means for closing a filler opening through the housing comprising a sealing disk engaging on a shoulder across the opening and a retainer pressing the disk onto the shoulder and having radial retaining teeth, retainingly engaging a wall about the opening.