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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jörg Sudau, Niederwerrn, DE;
Assignee:
Mannesmann Sachs AG, Schweinfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/12 ;
Abstract
A torsional vibration damper with a driving-side transmission element and a driven-side transmission element which is rotatable relative to the driving-side transmission element and which is connected with the driving-side transmission element by a damping device. A gearset having at least a driving-side gearset element and a driven-side gearset element is associated with the damping device, wherein introduced torsional vibrations can be transmitted to the damping device with gear shifting by means of the gearset. The gearset is provided with a shift mechanism for separating the driving-side gearset element and the driven-side gearset element.