Damper disc assembly for automotive racing applications

- Exedy Corporation
Description

FIG. 1 is a front side perspective view illustrating a damper disc assembly for automotive racing applications in accordance with our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front side perspective view illustrating a damper disc assembly for automotive racing applications illustrated in FIG. 1, with a portion of the friction pad broken away to more clearly illustrate our new design;

FIG. 3 is a front side elevational view illustrating a damper disc assembly for automotive racing applications illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 4 is a bottom edge elevational view of the damper disc assembly for automotive racing applications of our new design illustrated in FIGS. 1-3;

FIG. 5 is a bottom edge elevational view of the damper disc assembly for automotive racing applications of our new design illustrated in FIGS. 1-4, with a portion of the friction pad broken away to more clearly illustrate our new design;

FIG. 6 is an edge elevational view of the damper disc assembly for automotive racing applications of our new design illustrated in FIGS. 1-5 as viewed along arrow A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a left edge elevational view of the damper disc assembly for automotive racing applications of our new design illustrated in FIGS. 1-6, with a portion of the friction pad broken away to more clearly illustrate our new design; and,

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the damper disc assembly for automotive racing applications of our new design illustrated in FIGS. 1-8 as seen along section line 8--8 of FIG. 3.

The bottom edge elevational view of FIG. 4 is identical to the top side elevational view, the right side elevational view and the left side elevational view. The cross-sectional view of FIG. 8 does not form part of the claimed design, but is included to more completely disclose and understand the claimed ornamental design as seen in the remaining figures. The rear side of the damper disc assembly does not form part of the claimed design. The broken line showing of the environment in FIG. 2 is for illustrative purposes only and does not form part of the claimed design.

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D347415 May 31, 1994 Rossigno et al.
D376783 December 24, 1996 Magalhars
D381609 July 29, 1997 Obata
D402948 December 22, 1998 Nishimura
5150774 September 29, 1992 Adamson
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Patent History
Patent number: D420635
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 30, 1998
Date of Patent: Feb 15, 2000
Assignee: Exedy Corporation (Osaka)
Inventors: Norihisa Uenohara (Ibaraki), Hiroshi Mizukami (Neyagawa)
Primary Examiner: Melody N. Brown
Law Firm: Shinjyu Global Ip Counselors, LLP
Application Number: 0/97,188
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Brake Element (D12/180)
International Classification: 1216;