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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyoshi Tsuruta, Neyagawa, JP;
Hirotaka Fukushima, Neyagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Daikin Seisakusho, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74572 ; 192200 ;
Abstract
A flywheel assembly comprises a flywheel having a friction surface, a flexible plate, and a stopper plate serving as a stopper mechanism. The above-described flexible plate is flexible in the bending direction and rigid in the rotational direction, and has a radially outer portion fixed to the flywheel and a radially inner portion fixable to an end of a crankshaft of an engine. The stopper plate is for restraining bending deflection of the flexible plate when it exceeds a predetermined amount.