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Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2003
Applicants:

Michiyasu Nosaka, Anjo, JP;

Kiyoshi Kurohata, Kariya, JP;

Inventors:

Michiyasu Nosaka, Anjo, JP;

Kiyoshi Kurohata, Kariya, JP;

Assignee:

Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

When a first damper contacts both of a protruding portion of a pulley body and a protruding portion of a center hub, a second damper is disposed as being apart from the protruding portion of the center hub with a gap. Even when the pulley body is rotated in a reverse direction, no reverse torque is thereby transmitted to the center hub as long as the gap exists, or before the second damper contacts the protruding portion of the center hub. As a result, torque fluctuation is sufficiently absorbed. This prevents the following: a reverse torque is transmitted to the center hub; a torque limiter wrongly acts; a fastening part between a shaft and the center hub loosens; or abnormal noise or aversive vibration takes place.


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