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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2011
Applicant:
Jochen Boelling, Baden-Baden, DE;
Inventor:
Jochen Boelling, Baden-Baden, DE;
Assignee:
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/121 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One embodiment may include a torsional vibration damper having a primary element, a secondary element and a spring device for torsionally elastic coupling of the primary and the secondary element in the circumferential direction, which spring device has at least one spring element, which is arranged between a first and a second sliding shoe, a spacing limitation device being provided to define a maximum spacing (A) between the first and the second sliding shoe in the circumferential direction. The spacing limitation device may extend through the at least one spring element in the circumferential direction.