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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:
Sep. 24, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74574 ; 74572 ; 7457 / ; 464 75 ;
Abstract
Several embodiments of combined torsional and elastic couplings for transmitting power from an engine output shaft that experiences torque fluctuations and a driveshaft. In each embodiment, the flexible coupling includes an inertial member that is coupled either elastically or by means of a viscous body to the engine output shaft for absorbing the torsional vibrations. In addition, an elastic coupling couples the engine output shaft to the driveshaft for permitting limited relative rotation to absorb torque flux variations in the engine output shaft.