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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2007
Applicants:
Craig Kneidel, Wooster, OH (US);
Jens Schroeter, Karlsbad, DE;
Inventors:
Craig Kneidel, Wooster, OH (US);
Jens Schroeter, Karlsbad, DE;
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2006.01); F16D 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention comprises a lash prevention spring of unique design having a plurality of spring legs shaped into an s-curve and an inner circumference formed into at least one spline. The invention also comprises a lash prevention assembly in which the disclosed lash spring is attached to a damper hub and is biased against the several teeth from a turbine hub that extend through the damper hub from its opposite side.