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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1999
Bernd Peinemann, Niederwerrn, DE;
Mannesmann Sachs AG, Schweinfurt, DE;
Abstract
A torsional vibration damper has a drive-side damper element and a driven-side damper element which is rotatable relative to the drive-side element against the action of a damping device, wherein the damping device serves to transmit torque between the two damper elements and has a plurality of coupling bodies, each of which is received in at least one guide path of each damper element, and, during a relative movement of the damper elements with respect to one another, undergoes a deflection in at least one of its guide paths. Guide paths which extend farther in the circumferential direction than in the radial direction and guide paths which extend farther in the radial direction than in the circumferential direction are provided. A succession of guide paths for the coupling bodies is realized in the circumferential direction in at least one of the damper elements, wherein at least one guide path extending farther in the radial direction is adjacent to at least some of the guide paths extending farther in the circumferential direction.