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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:
Jan. 23, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Larry T George, Greenfield, IN (US);
Assignee:
Household Manufacturing, Inc., Prospect Heights, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F / ; F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74574 ; 7457 / ;
Abstract
A vibration damper having a hub including inner and outer sidewalls and a bottom wall defining an annular cavity, an inertia ring received within the annular cavity, first and second elastomeric components received between and secured to the inertia ring and the inner and outer sidewalls, respectively, of the hub, a fluid seal received between the inertia ring and the outer sidewall, and viscous damping fluid received between the inertia ring and the bottom wall, the outer sidewall being angled axially-inward in the direction away from the bottom wall. A method for production of a vibration damper is also disclosed.