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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:
Jun. 21, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrzej Szadkowski, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
Dana Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 7017 ; 1921061 ; 464 69 ; 464 84 ;
Abstract
A damped driven disc assembly comprises a disc concentrically mounted with respect to a hub, wherein the disc is driven by engagement with a flywheel and the hub drives an output shaft. A plurality of pairs of beam springs have first ends secured to the disc and second ends secured to the hub at points angularly spaced, in one embodiment, about 180.degree. from one another and, in another embodiment, about 0.degree. from one another. In a specific preferred embodiment, the assembly includes three pairs of beam springs.