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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1994
Hiroshi Kanki, Takasago, JP;
Tadao Yashiki, Takasago, JP;
Koichi Akagi, Takasago, JP;
Taku Ichiryu, Takasago, JP;
Mitsubish Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vibration reducer for a diaphragm coupling is capable of suppressing axial vibrations as well as torsional vibrations. A diaphragm pack 3 is mounted between a diaphragm mount flange 2 provided on an intermediate shaft 1 serving as a drive shaft and a shaft flange 4 of another shaft serving as a driven shaft. An elastic arm 5 extends through the diaphragm pack 3 and is mounted to the diaphragm mount flange 2. The elastic arm 5 is a cylindrical member, whose circumferential portion is severed by slits formed by wire-cutting. Free ends 5a of the elastic arm 5 are expanded in the radial directions by centrifugal forces caused by rotation of a shafts and come into pressure-contact with the liner member 8 formed integrally within a cylindrical portion 7 of the shaft flange 4. A part of a torque is thereby transmitted via the pressure-contact portion, and rigidity in the axial direction of the elastic arm 5 is added to that of the diaphragm pack 3 to suppress vibrations. An alternative construction has a large pressure-contact force caused by centrifugal forces realized by making use of centrifugal weights 22, a centrifugal weight holder 23, and an elongated bolt 24.