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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:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
AP TMF Limited, Leamington Spa, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/12 ;
Abstract
A torsional vibration damper, which may be in the form of a twin mass flywheel, and which has an input member ( ) designed to rotate generally in a first plane (A ), an output member ( ) designed to rotate generally in a second plane (A ), relative rotation of the input and output members being possible against the action of a link-type damper ( ). The damper is arranged to allow the first and second planes in which the input and output members rotate to tilt relative to each other during use of the damper to relieve internal stresses. This ability to tilt may be provided by self-aligning main bearings ( ) or by the use of self-aligning pivot bearings ( ) in the link-type damper.