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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Electro-motive Diesel, Inc., LaGrange, IL (US);
Inventors:
Timothy J. Paulson, Schererville, IN (US);
Xinmin Xu, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc., LaGrange, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/79 (2006.01); F16F 15/30 (2006.01); F16D 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/30 (2013.01); F16D 3/12 (2013.01); F16D 3/79 (2013.01); F16F 2230/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
An engine system includes an internal combustion engine, a driven unit, and a torsional coupling between a crankshaft of the engine and a driveshaft of the driven unit. The torsional coupling includes a driven-side disc coupled to the driveshaft, and a flywheel having an engine-side disc coupled to the crankshaft. The engine-side disc has an axial thickness in a discontinuous thickness range from about 0.2 inches to about 0.3 inches, so as to flex the engine-side disc predominantly over the driven-side disc in response to the driveline deflecting loads.