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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroshi Yabe, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
NSK-Warner K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/66 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/66 ;
Abstract
A damper assembly includes a driving member, a coil spring, a driven member drivable by the driving member via the coil spring, and dividers by which the coil spring is divided into a number of spring sections. The relative rotation between the driving member and the driven member via the coil spring is limited by the engagement between one or more engageable portions arranged on the driving member at predetermined locations and the corresponding engageable portions arranged on the driven member at predetermined locations.