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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2014
Dayco Ip Holdings, Llc, Springfield, MO (US);
Suhale Manzoor, Plymouth, MI (US);
Doug Averill, Holly, MI (US);
Bruce G. Christenson, Canton, MI (US);
DAYCO IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
Mating components that are mateable to another component to share the same axis of rotation, assemblies including the mating component mated to another component, and methods of mating them together are disclosed. The mating component includes a hub having an engaging portion defining an endless channel recessed therein. The endless channel has a surface that defines one or more trenches therein and an elastomeric band seated against that surface in an uncompressed state. The elastomeric band has an outermost dimension relative to the endless channel that is larger than the inner or outer dimension defined by the engaging portion of the hub and thereby defines an unchanneled portion of the elastomeric band, which has a volume that is equal to or less than the total volume of the one or more trenches.