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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:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2007
Steve X. Lin, Northville, MI (US);
Carlos F. Osorio, Novi, MI (US);
Nitin Y. Wani, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Steve X. Lin, Northville, MI (US);
Carlos F. Osorio, Novi, MI (US);
Nitin Y. Wani, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Automotive Components Holdings, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A mass damper for use with a drive shaft center support bearing is located on a non-rotating portion of the bearing and is suspended on a spring element for free vibration and has a resonance that is selected to be the same as that which would otherwise be communicated to the vehicle through the bearing by the drive shaft and drivetrain components. The two embodiments are each tunable so that the damper can be set to have different resonant vibration characteristics, as required for use with different drive shaft and drivetrain configurations.
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