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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
May. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Inventors:
Peter Ward, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Joe Chen, Windsor, CA;
John Harvey, Novi, MI (US);
Keming Liu, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 41/20 (2006.01); F16D 3/12 (2006.01); F16D 7/02 (2006.01); F16D 43/21 (2006.01); F16H 55/36 (2006.01); F16D 41/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 41/206 (2013.01); F16D 3/12 (2013.01); F16D 7/024 (2013.01); F16D 43/213 (2013.01); F16D 41/22 (2013.01); F16H 55/36 (2013.01); F16H 2055/366 (2013.01);
Abstract
An accessory drive tuning device with a torsion spring for angular vibration isolation and having a spring pocket that frictionally engages the end of the torsion spring. The engagement may be with a wedge-shape on either the spring end or the pocket or both, adapted so that the spring end wedges into the pocket. The engagement may be by interference fit. One or both ends of the spring may be engaged in respective pockets.