Patents Represented by Law Firm Dary & Darby
  • Torsion damping apparatus for use with friction clutches in the power trains of motor vehicles
    Patent number: 5269725
    Abstract: A torsion damping apparatus which is installed between the crankshaft of the engine and the friction clutch in a motor vehicle has two coaxial flywheels which are rotatable relative to each other against the opposition of a composite damper. The composite damper has two dampers which operate in series and a friction generating device which operates between one of the dampers and one of the flywheels. One of the flywheels has an axial projection which centers a flange of the composite damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Luk Lamellen und Kupplingbau GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Maucher, Oswald Friedmann