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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:
Jul. 22, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dieter Rohrle, Montmorency, FR;
Ciriaco Bonfilio, Clichy, FR;
Assignee:
Valeo, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
464 24 ; 1922141 ; 464 68 ;
Abstract
A torsion damper, especially for a motor vehicle clutch, comprises two coaxial parts, namely a primary and a secondary coaxial part respectively, which are mounted for rotation of one with respect to the other, with circumferentially acting springs, mounted in a grease cavity, acting between the two coaxial parts, while a centring bearing which closes the grease cavity, and a friction assembly, also act between the two coaxial parts. The friction assembly is arranged outside the cavity, with the centring bearing being between the cavity and the friction assembly.