Resilient Connection Between Pulley Or Guide-roll Rim And Mount Patents (Class 474/94)
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Patent number: 12110958Abstract: The disclosure relates to a belt pulley decoupler for a motor vehicle drive train that includes a hub constituent part configured for attachment to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, a flexible drive element pulley supported in a spring-damped manner relative to the hub constituent part, and a vibration absorber. The vibration absorber includes a mounting plate that extends from a fastening region, which is supported on the hub constituent part and connected to the hub constituent part in a positively locking and/or non-positive manner, radially outwards to a collar region which receives at least one mass element. The fastening region has a plate portion which is supported axially on a flange element of the hub constituent part and which is held relative to the hub constituent part via an axially running dome portion formed either by the mounting plate or the flange element.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Roman Weisenborn, Pascal Strasser, Andreas Stuffer
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Patent number: 12085143Abstract: A V-ribbed belt in which a friction transmission surface of a compression rubber layer is coated with a knit fabric is provided. The compression rubber layer is formed of the cured product of a rubber composition containing an ethylene-?-olefin elastomer and carbon black wherein the carbon black contains a soft carbon having a primary particle diameter of at least 40 nm and a hard carbon having a primary particle diameter of less than 40 nm. The ratio between the number of particles of the soft carbon and hard carbon is former/latter=3/97 to 25/75.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Takechi, Hiroki Imai, Manabu Mitsutomi
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Patent number: 11913515Abstract: A torsional damper comprises: a hub fixed to a rotating shaft and having an outer peripheral surface on the circumference centered on the rotating shaft; an annular vibrating ring having an inner peripheral surface having a diameter larger than that of the outer peripheral surface of the hub, on the circumference centered on the rotation axis; and a rubber ring, composed of a rubber composition containing EPDM as a main component, provided in a compressed state between the outer peripheral surface of the hub and the inner peripheral surface of the vibrating ring, and has a loss coefficient of 0.18 or more when the surface temperature is 60±5° C., wherein when the rubber ring is subjected to the resonance point tracking method, the maximum surface reaching temperature of the rubber ring at the time of continuous vibration at the resonance point and the vibration ring thickness satisfy a specific relational expression.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Shogo Sobaru
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Patent number: 11843347Abstract: A photovoltaic system includes a collection of photovoltaic modules, a base supporting the collection of photovoltaic modules, and a damper coupled between the collection of photovoltaic modules and the base. The damper resists movement of the photovoltaic modules relative to the base. The damper has a first damping ratio when the collection of photovoltaic modules moves at a first rate relative to the base and a second damping ratio when the collection of photovoltaic modules moves at a second rate relative to the base, and the damper passively transitions from the first damping ratio to the second damping ratio.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: FCX Solar LLCInventors: Christopher Thomas Needham, Frank Carl Oudheusden
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Patent number: 11814029Abstract: A system for sensing the angular position of a caster wheel includes a sensor mounted on a bearing which supports a shaft aligned with the rotational axis of the caster. A target on the shaft is detected by the sensor which generates signals indicative of the presence or absence of the target. The position of the target is coordinated with the position of the caster wheel such that the signals are indicative of the angular position of the caster wheel. The target may be a groove extending partially around the shaft and a remaining ungrooved portion of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Jeffrey Brown Fay, II
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Patent number: 11796046Abstract: An isolated drive assembly that includes a drive member, which is rotatable about a rotational axis, a drive member hub, which is rotatable about the rotational axis relative to the drive member, an isolator assembly, which has an elastomeric element that transmits rotary power between the drive member and the drive member hub, and a torque limiter. The torque limiter has first and second sets of engagable limiter elements that limit rotation of the drive member relative to the drive member hub in opposite rotational directions to limit a magnitude of a moment that is transmitted through the elastomeric element.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.Inventor: Andreas Steiger
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Patent number: 11668386Abstract: A pulley structure may be equipped with an outer rotating body, an inner rotating body, and a coil spring provided between the outer rotating body and the inner rotating body. The coil spring is configured so as to undergo torsional deformation in a diameter-expanding or a diameter-contracting direction, thereby engaging the outer rotating body and the inner rotating body and transmitting torque, and to undergo torsional deformation in the direction opposite the direction in which torque is transmitted, thereby entering a disengaged state in which the coil spring slides with the outer rotating body or the inner rotating body, thus interrupting the transmission of torque. The number of windings of the coil spring is in a range between [M-0.125] and M (both inclusive), where M is a natural number.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Hayato Shimamura, Katsuya Imai, Ryosuke Dan, Takashi Morimoto
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Patent number: 11662009Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-component gear (1) with an axis of rotation (X) and a first end face (11) and a second end face (12), having an inner part (20) and an outer part (30) made of a plastic with at least one injection-molding section (32), wherein the outer part (30) is arranged on an outer lateral surface (24) of the inner part (20) in a form-fitting and/or integral manner on the inner part (20), and wherein the outer part (30) on the first and/or the second end face (11, 12) has at least one tab (40) which is free-standing in the circumferential direction around the axis of rotation (X) and which protrudes over the relevant end face (11, 12) of the inner part (20). The present invention also relates to a gear (2) and a planetary gearset (3).Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: IMS GEAR SE & CO. KGAAInventors: Adrian Rieple, Stephan Oberle, Sebastian Birk
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Patent number: 11549558Abstract: An isolator decoupler comprising a shaft, a pulley journalled to the shaft, a one-way clutch engaged with the shaft, a spring carrier engaged with the one-way clutch, the spring carrier having a spring carrier surface, a torsion spring having a first end laser welded to the pulley and a second end laser welded to the spring carrier, the torsion spring having a volute with a width w, an annular spring support member having a spring support member outside surface, the annular spring support member independently moveable from the spring carrier and independently moveable from the shaft, a gap g between the annular spring support member and the spring carrier, the gap g being less than the width w, the first end comprising a first end coil, the first end coil bearing upon the spring support member outside surface, the first end coil laser welded to the spring support member outside surface, a torsion spring radial contraction limited by engagement with the spring carrier surface, and the gap g and the width w havType: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Gates CorporationInventors: Peter Ward, Xiaohua Joe Chen, Charles M. Sendegeya, Alexander Serkh, Yahya Hodjat, Essie Rahdar, Wanzhi Han
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Patent number: 11512768Abstract: A belt pulley structure of an engine is provided to prevent abnormal noise from generating between a belt pulley and a torsional vibration damper. The belt pulley structure includes a stepped portion that is formed in a shape that blocks a cavity in a radial direction thereof. The cavity is formed at a portion where a belt pulley and a torsional vibration damper face each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Sun Young Song, Jung Hwan Moon
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Patent number: 11353058Abstract: A pulley structure includes a cylindrical outer rotation body, an inner rotation body, and a pair of bearings which is disposed between the outer rotation body and the inner rotation body. Of the pair of bearings, one bearing is a sliding bearing, and the other bearing is a rolling bearing. The sliding bearing is made of a thermoplastic resin and is formed into an ended ring shape. A thickness of the sliding bearing at each of both circumferential end portions is smaller than a reference dimension of a thickness of the sliding bearing.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Morimoto, Hayato Shimamura, Katsuya Imai, Ryosuke Dan
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Patent number: 11130254Abstract: A sprocket arrangement (5) for a handheld power tool such as a saw, comprising a drive unit configured to rotate a drive shaft and cutting tool configured to be driven by the drive shaft (21) via the sprocket arrangement. The sprocket arrangement (5) comprises a gear (1) and at least one flexible element (6a, 6b) arranged such that the drive shaft (21) in the handheld power tool is resiliently connected to the cutting tool in the handheld power tool. A handheld power tool comprising a drive unit, a drive shaft, driving means, and a sprocket arrangement is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: HUSQVARNA ABInventors: Patrik Melin, Albin Hagberg, Göran Landén
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Patent number: 10927939Abstract: A damped primary drive sprocket system is provided that may be directly driven by a motorcycle engine and may be arranged in a primary drive connecting the motorcycle engine to a motorcycle transmission. The damped primary drive sprocket system may include damper segments such as discrete isolator bushings arranged in leading and trailing slot chambers, on opposite sides of a lug within a slot of a coupling system that connects a hub to a sprocket within the damped primary drive sprocket system. The slot chambers may be circular in cross-sectional perimeter shape so and the isolator bushings may be cylindrical and fit snugly in the slot chambers in a manner that damps slight rotational clocking movements of the hub and sprocket with respect to each other during firing pulses of the motorcycle engine.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Dark Horse Products, LLCInventors: Thomas F. Hoban, John E. Dahmer, John J. Prettie
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Patent number: 10697531Abstract: A vibration damping device for a belt drive of an internal combustion engine includes a belt pulley, a hub and a decoupling device. The decoupling device connects the belt pulley and the hub to each other, and has at least two spring members. The spring members can be connected in series.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: VIBRACOUSTIC GMBHInventors: Alexander Wick, Peter Wohlschlegel, Peter Fassbinder
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Patent number: 10611439Abstract: Hydraulic pump-accessory assemblies are provided for engines. The assemblies may include: an accessory pulley or gear configured to engage a drive belt or chain of an engine; and a hydraulic pump operatively engaging the pulley or gear to be driven by the engine. Engines are provided that can include: a crankshaft pulley or gear operably engaging a belt or chain to convey power to one or more accessories; an accessory pulley or gear operably engaged by the belt or chain; and a hydraulic pump operatively engaging the accessory pulley or gear to receive power from the belt or chain. Methods for modifying an engine are also provided. The methods can include operatively engaging a hydraulic motor to the pulley or gear of an accessory configured to be operably engaged with a belt or chain of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Inventor: Richard L. Hartman
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Patent number: 10415649Abstract: A decoupler having an input member, an output member and a combination one-way clutch and torsional isolator that couples the input and output members. The combination one-way clutch and torsional isolator includes a single helical coil spring. The decoupler being designed to provide torsional damping through a range of torque transmitted through the decoupler, the range including a maximum rate torque for the decoupler.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: LITENS AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERSHIPInventors: Warren J. Williams, John R. Antchak
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Patent number: 10393190Abstract: In an aspect, a decoupler includes a hub, a pulley, a torsion spring, a first spring driver fixed to the pulley, and having a first stop feature for the spring; a second spring driver mounted about the hub and not fixed to the pulley, and having a second stop feature for the spring, a driving clutch shaft mounted connected to the second spring driver, a driven clutch shaft mounted concentrically with the driving clutch shaft and drivingly connected to the hub, a one-way wrap spring clutch mounted about the hub and disposed to interconnect the driving and driven clutch shafts, and configured to transfer torque in a first direction between the driving and driven clutch shafts, and an axial biasing member acting between one of (i) the pulley and the driving clutch shaft and (ii) the hub and driven clutch shaft, to urge the driving and driven clutch shafts together.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Litens Automotive PartnershipInventor: Warren J. Williams
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Patent number: 10145444Abstract: Systems are provided for a damper cover for an engine crankshaft damper. In one example, a damper cover may include a frame and an inset, with extensions of the frame adapted to couple to slots of an engine crankshaft damper, and with portions of the inset positioned between each extension and each corresponding slot. As one example, the frame may be comprised of metal and the inset may be comprised of a damping material such as foam or rubber.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Shashin Shah, Shaji Mathews, Chuck Raymond Kvasnicka, Nathaniel David Hansen, Tom Xu
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Patent number: 10078308Abstract: Timepiece wheel with play take-up, including a toothing, each tooth of which includes first and second half-teeth each including a part of the tooth profile, and movable with respect to each other against elastic return means, the wheel including, axially stacked, a first and a second half-wheel respectively carrying the first and second half-teeth and having limited rotational mobility with respect to each other, about the axis of this toothing, and against the elastic return means, the toothing of each half-wheel overhanging the other half-wheel, each half-wheel including hollows inside each of which is movable an opposite half-tooth, between two successive half-teeth.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Blancpain SAInventor: Julien Feyer
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Patent number: 9879752Abstract: A device that will allow a go kart to smoothly accelerate and decelerate particularly during racing the go cart. This device once assembled will allow the gradual absorption of shock on the drive chain as it rotates around thereby, rotating the axle of the go kart.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Inventor: David Hicken
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Patent number: 9850997Abstract: A filtering pulley for an accessory drive of an internal combustion engine, having a hub suitable for connection to an engine accessory, an annular crown provided with a profile configured to cooperate with a drive belt, a coil spring able to transmit torque between the crown and the hub, a first carrier constrained to a first end of the spring and a second carrier constrained to a second end of the spring. The annular crown is externally coaxial to the hub and supported in a rotationally free manner on the hub, and each of the carriers is rotationally coupled to both the hub and the crown with a limited possibility of relative rotation with respect to each of them.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Dayco Europe S.R.LInventors: Gianluca Cariccia, Federico Domenico Licata
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Patent number: 9702412Abstract: In an aspect, the invention is directed to a clutched device that includes a clutch input member, a clutch output member, and a wrap spring clutch. The wrap spring clutch is engageable with the clutch input member and the clutch output member and has a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface. One of the radially outer and inner surfaces is engageable with a clutch engagement surface on one of the clutch input member and the clutch output member. The clutch engagement surface has a surface finish that includes a plurality of peaks and valleys, wherein the peaks engage the wrap spring clutch and each have a selected width.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: LITENS AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERSHIPInventor: Evan J. Hurry
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Patent number: 9581233Abstract: Torsional vibration dampers having isolator members (crankshaft damper-isolators) are disclosed that include a hub defining an annular receptacle, a pulley body having a belt engaging surface, a damper assembly disposed between an outermost radial surface of the hub and the pulley body, an isolator member seated in the annular receptacle of the hub, and a slide bearing disposed between an outer radial surface of the hub and the sleeve of the pulley body. The isolator member is engaged with both the hub and the pulley body for rotation therewith when the hub and pulley body rotate at the same speed and when the hub rotates relative to the pulley body. The isolator member may be an elastomeric isolator or a torsion spring isolator. The slide bearing axially retains the pulley body to the hub and allows the pulley body to rotate relative to the hub.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: DAYCO IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventor: Suhale Manzoor
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Patent number: 9200681Abstract: A friction clutch includes a clutch boss and a pressure member that change in a relative position in a rotation direction. The clutch boss and the pressure member respectively include cam surfaces that come into contact with each other when the relative position of the clutch boss and the pressure member changes. A first damper member configured to damp a collision between the cam surfaces is provided in the friction clutch. Generation of noise due to the collision between the cam surfaces when the relative position of the clutch boss and the pressure member rapidly changes in the rotation direction is significantly reduced or prevented.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2014Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki Tokumoto
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Patent number: 9182028Abstract: A pulley assembly for an automobile auxiliary apparatus, such as an alternator, that dampens torsional impacts and reduces the stress on the auxiliary apparatus, the belt drive system and other apparatuses, by use of both wear-prone damping elements and a one-way overrunning clutch mechanism allowing for the free run of the pulley shaft.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA, INC.Inventors: John G. Agnitch, Nelson Meza
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Patent number: 9175667Abstract: A fastening system used for the joint between a rotary shaft and a wind turbines pitch system which includes a front flange and a rear flange, which are joined together and supported on the hollow rotary shaft, and which are coupled to the pitch system having the bearings for the shaft and the star-shaped part. A fastening method couples the rear flange to the hollow shaft with a tapered collar and also to the front flange through spacer bushings.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: GAMESA INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, S.L.Inventors: Daniel Artal Lorente, Fernando De Las Cuevas Jimenez, Fermin Lazcoz Santesteban, Pedro Munarriz Andres
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Patent number: 9175763Abstract: A belt pulley is provided for a crankshaft in a vehicle. The belt pulley can be mounted on an end of the crankshaft projecting from an engine block. The belt pulley includes, but is not limited to a drive disc, which can be fixed on the end of the crankshaft projecting from the engine block in a rotationally fixed manner, vibration damper which includes, but is not limited to a bulge that is elastically connected to the drive disc and an end body, which includes, but is not limited to a hollow space. A sound-damping component is arranged in the hollow space and the hollow space is covered by means of a cover disc.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventor: Tobias Wolf
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Publication number: 20150141182Abstract: An assembly comprising: a powder metal outer part (22) having a radially inward facing cylindrical surface (54) with a plurality of facets (52) formed thereon that, in an alternating fashion, extend in an axial direction from an axial side of the powder metal outer part toward an opposite axial side of the powder metal outer part to a position between the opposing axial sides of the powder metal outer part; a powder metal inner part (20) having a radially outward facing cylindrical surface with a plurality of facets formed thereon that, in an alternating fashion, extend in an axial direction from an axial side of the powder metal inner part toward an opposite axial side of the powder metal inner part to a position between the opposing axial sides of the powder metal inner part; and an intermediate component (26) disposed between the cylindrical surfaces of the powder metal outer part and the powder metal inner part that connects the powder metal outer part and the powder metal inner part together.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Joel H. Mandel, Donald P. Cooper, John P. Mohr
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Patent number: 9033832Abstract: An isolating decoupler comprising a shaft, a pulley journalled to the shaft, a torsion spring engaged with the pulley, a wrap spring frictionally engageable with the shaft, the torsion spring and wrap spring connected in series such that each is torsionally loaded in a winding direction, the wrap spring comprising a variable cross-section having a first cross sectional dimension and a second cross sectional dimension, and the wrap spring temporarily releasable from the shaft in an overtorque condition by contact with the pulley urging the wrap spring in an unwinding direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2014Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: GATES CORPORATIONInventors: Alexander Serkh, Robert Deady, Dean Schneider
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Publication number: 20150105196Abstract: A damper pulley may include a damper hub part coupled to a crank shaft rotated upon receiving rotary driving force of an engine such that the damper hub part is integrally rotated with the crank shaft and a damper pulley part coupled to the damper hub part such that the damper pulley part is integrally rotated with the damper hub part. A power transmission unit is connected to the damper pulley part. The damper hub part may be made of a material comprising forged aluminum and the damper pulley part may be made of a material comprising a metal. The damper pulley has a reduced overall weight, and vibrations and impact can be reduced to enhance ride comfort.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Jae Kwon LEE
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Patent number: 8985293Abstract: In one aspect, the invention is directed to a decoupler assembly for between an endless drive element and a shaft. The endless drive element may be, for example, an accessory drive belt from a vehicular engine. The shaft may be, for example, the input shaft of a belt-driven accessory, such as an alternator or a compressor. The decoupler assembly includes a hub that mounts to the shaft, a pulley that is rotatable with respect to the hub, a dampening spring and a clutch member. A part of the pulley is supported on a pulley support surface on the hub. There is a gap between the pulley and the pulley support surface. The gap has lubricant therein to facilitate sliding between the pulley and the pulley support surface. By eliminating the use of a polymeric bushing between pulley and the hub, there are several advantages that are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2011Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Litens Automotive PartnershipInventors: Patrick Marion, Lucas Wilson
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Publication number: 20150072813Abstract: A crank pulley decoupling device includes: a crank pulley connected to one end of a crankshaft and configured to transmit a rotational force; a first spring configured to be inserted into the crank pulley and to have one end provided in the crank pulley and the other end provided in the crank shaft; and a second spring configured to be inserted into the crank pulley and to be provided on an outer circumferential surface of the crankshaft. Spring design and design change are freely done by utilizing space in the crank pulley while the first and second springs are spaced apart so that impact therebetween is reduced, thereby improving durability and preventing decrease in efficiency due to friction and thus improving the product value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventor: Ki Bong YOON
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Patent number: 8951153Abstract: The present power transmission mechanism comprises: a first rotation member mounted integrally rotatably on the rotation shaft of a drive apparatus; a second rotation member rotatable integrally with or relative to the first rotation member; an elastic member interposed between the first and second rotation members which, when the first and second rotation members rotate relative to each other, absorbs a rotation difference between them; and, a switching portion which includes a mass member mounted on one of the first and second rotation members and rotatable integrally therewith, and an energizing member for energizing the mass member in a direction where it can be contacted with the other of the first and second rotation members.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2010Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Tomokazu Ishida, Hayato Shimamura
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Publication number: 20150024885Abstract: A combustion engine component comprises an assembly of a belt pulley for driving auxiliary engine equipment and a torsional vibration damper. The assembly is adapted to be fixed on an engine crankshaft, wherein the belt pulley is of a so called decoupling type, arranged to be able to change its rotational angle relative to the crankshaft and the torsional vibration damper. The torsional vibration damper is partially positioned in a corresponding annular recess in the belt pulley, creating an annular cavity in the recess between the torsional vibration damper and the belt pulley. An annular seal ring is positioned in the annular cavity and is arranged to close off at least a part of the annular cavity from the air surrounding the assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Christer ODENMARCK, Christopher CULLEY, Hayder AL-KATTAN, Andreas STUFFER, Alexander ROSE, Dimitri SIEBER, Christian FECHLER
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Patent number: 8931610Abstract: An isolator decoupler comprising a pulley, a shaft, the pulley journalled to the shaft on a low friction bushing, a spring carrier, the pulley journalled to the spring carrier on a low friction bushing, the spring carrier journalled to the shaft on a low friction bushing, a torsion spring coupled between the pulley and the spring carrier, a one way clutch spring frictionally engaged with the shaft, the one way clutch spring coupled to the spring carrier, the one way clutch spring is disposed radially inward of the torsion spring, and the pulley temporarily engagable with an end of the one way clutch spring whereby the frictional engagement of the one way clutch spring with the shaft is temporarily diminished.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2013Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: The Gates CorporationInventor: Alexander Serkh
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Patent number: 8920271Abstract: A drive sprocket for machines such as a motorcycle includes cushioning elements to reduce spikes in stress levels between the machine's power transmission and a driven member, such as the wheel of motorcycle. The sprocket has an inner plate which is located coaxially within the outer ring. The inner plate is formed with outwardly projecting lugs that are arranged to mesh with the inwardly projecting lugs of outer ring. The outwardly projecting lugs comprise six wide lugs and six narrow lugs disposed alternately around the outside of the inner ring. The outer edges of outwardly projecting lugs are formed with a bearing slot. In the case of the six wide lugs, their bearing slots cooperate with bearing slots on the inside wall of the outer ring to provide a ball bearing race for bearings. The sides of the lugs are also formed with cushion slots to engage cushioning elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2012Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Inventor: Ryan Burke
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Patent number: 8888622Abstract: An isolator decoupler comprising a shaft, a pulley journalled to the shaft, a clutch carrier journalled to the shaft through a one-way clutch, a torsion spring engaged between the pulley and the clutch carrier, the torsion spring loadable in an unwinding direction, the torsion spring and the pulley having a predetermined clearance between a torsion spring outside diameter surface and a pulley inside diameter surface, and whereby the torsion spring outside diameter surface and a pulley inside diameter surface come into a progressive frictional engagement by torque load dependent radial expansion of the torsion spring.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: The Gates CorporationInventors: Xiaohua Joe Chen, John T. Harvey, Rudy Pupulin, Keming Liu, Alexander Serkh, Imtiaz Ali, Dean Schneider, Peter Ward
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Patent number: 8888619Abstract: A method for producing an over-running decoupler that is configured to transmit rotary power between a rotary member and a hub. The over-running decoupler includes a one-way clutch having a clutch spring, a carrier that is coupled to the clutch spring and at least one spring that resiliently couples the carrier to the hub. The method includes: establishing a desired fatigue life of the at least one spring; establishing a design deflection of the at least one spring during resonance, wherein deflection of the at least one spring at the design deflection during resonance does not reduce a fatigue life of the at least one spring below the desired fatigue life; and preventing resonance in the over-running decoupler by controlling a maximum deflection of the at least one spring such that the maximum deflection is less than or equal to the design deflection.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Litens Automotive PartnershipInventors: John R. Antchak, Jun Xu
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Publication number: 20140329629Abstract: A harmonic damper for use in vehicular accessory drive systems. The harmonic damper includes a one-piece inertia ring manufactured from a sheet metal blank using a cold forming process to define a series of interconnected folded ring sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: MAGNA Powertrain, Inc.Inventor: Dejan Vukojicic
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Publication number: 20140274508Abstract: An efficiency boost of power transmission to the front end accessory drive (“FEAD”) system is provided by a crankshaft damper having a hub, an inertia member operably attached to the hub by an elastomeric member, and a one-way clutch operably attached to the inertia member and to drive a belt-engaging surface. The one-way clutch is operably associated with the crankshaft damper for increasing the average RPM input to the FEAD system relative to the average crankshaft input.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: DAYCO IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventor: Robert James Crist
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Patent number: 8834308Abstract: A transporting apparatus is disclosed. The transporting apparatus comprises a mounting plate; a assistant wheel assembly attached to the mounting plate, the assistant wheel assembly comprising an inner wheel, an outer wheel, and an elastic member; the elastic member is between the inner wheel and the outer wheel; a driving wheel movably attached to the mounting plate; a driving member secured to the driving wheel; and a belt connecting the outer wheel and the driving member; wherein the elastic member is generally deformed at a location where the belt warps on the outer wheel.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hsiu-Yu Lin
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Patent number: 8820503Abstract: An isolator decoupler comprising a pulley, a shaft, the pulley journalled to the shaft on a low friction bushing, a spring carrier disposed within the pulley, a torsion spring coupled between the pulley and the spring carrier, a wrap spring one way clutch wrapped about the shaft and having a frictional engagement therewith, the wrap spring one way clutch coupled to the spring carrier, the wrap spring one way clutch is disposed radially inward of the torsion spring, and the pulley temporarily engagable with an end of the wrap spring one way clutch in an unwinding direction whereby a temporary contact between the wrap spring one way clutch end and the pulley will temporarily diminish the frictional engagement of the wrap spring one way clutch with the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: The Gates CorporationInventors: Dean Schneider, Alexander Serkh, Peter Ward
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Patent number: 8813928Abstract: An alternator isolating decoupler comprising an alternator shaft, a one-way clutch engaged with the alternator shaft, a first wrap spring releasably engaged with the one-way clutch, a second wrap spring releasably engaged with the one-way clutch, the second wrap spring arranged in parallel with the first wrap spring, the first wrap spring and the second wrap spring in nested relation, the first wrap spring and the second wrap spring each having an end releasably engagable with an end cap, the end cap fixedly connected to an outer housing, the first wrap spring and the second wrap spring each engaged in series with a torsion spring, the torsion spring engaged with the outer housing, and the outer housing engaged with an alternator rotor.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: The Gates CorporationInventors: Dean Schneider, Peter Ward, Alexander Serkh, Imitiz Ali, John Harvey
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Publication number: 20140228158Abstract: A pulley assembly for an automobile auxiliary apparatus, such as an alternator, that dampens torsional impacts and reduces the stress on the auxiliary apparatus, the belt drive system and other apparatuses, by use of both wear-prone damping elements and a one-way overrunning clutch mechanism allowing for the free run of the pulley shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2013Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA, INC.Inventors: John G. AGNITCH, Nelson MEZA
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Patent number: 8789648Abstract: Disclosed are a belt type driveline and a rack assist type electric power steering apparatus including the belt type driveline, which improve power transmission efficiency and increases durability by preventing spinning with no traction of a ball nut and a nut pulley due to a slip between the ball nut and the nut pulley in an operation of a belt by a motor, and provide a user with convenient steering by minimizing vibration and noise transferred through a rack bar, the ball nut, the nut pulley, etc., when the rack bar slides while the nut pulley and the ball nut rotate.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Mando CorporationInventor: Je Ho Lee
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Patent number: 8789670Abstract: A decoupler having a hub, a drive member and an isolator. The drive member is disposed about the hub for rotation about a rotational axis and includes an inner clutch surface. The isolator couples the hub and the drive member and includes a carrier, a plurality of arcuate springs, and a wrap spring. The carrier is received between the hub and the drive member and includes a carrier member, which defines a pair of apertures, and a pair of reaction blocks that are mounted in the apertures. The arcuate springs are mounted in the carrier member and are disposed between the hub and an associated one of the reaction blocks. The wrap spring has an end and a plurality of helical coils that are engaged to the inner clutch surface of the drive member. The end has an end face that is abutted against one of the reaction blocks.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Litens Automotive PartnershipInventors: John R. Antchak, James W. Dell, Harvey J. Dix, Scott Parsons
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Patent number: 8764593Abstract: A sound-damping unit for a sprocket has a mounting foot for connection to a sprocket and an elastic body placed on the mounting foot that is suitable for cushioning a chain running onto the sprocket. The elastic body is provided with a protective cap or protective layer. A sprocket according to the invention includes a circular sprocket disc having a number of teeth and tooth gaps in the circumferential direction. The sprocket is equipped with at least one sound-damping unit that is configured to reduce the noise upon a chain running onto said sprocket. The sound-damping unit is at least one sound damping unit as above.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Ketten-Wulf Betriebs-GmbHInventor: Burkhard Grobbel
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Patent number: 8740735Abstract: A damper pulley assembly has a hub; a seismic mass connected to the hub to define a dynamic torsional vibration damper; a pulley connected to the hub; elastic means for connecting the pulley in torque-transmitting mode to the hub; and one-way stop means for arresting the pulley in a first stop position with respect to the hub or the seismic mass in a first direction, when the elastic means reach a predetermined torsional load.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2007Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Dayco Europe S.r.l.Inventors: Adriano Rolando, Hervé Riu
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Patent number: 8715121Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide improved overrunning pulleys that overcome one or more of the deficiencies in the prior art noted above. Embodiments of the present invention provide pulleys that are “springy” in the torque direction, yet have a lower effective spring constant (e.g., are less stiff) over a greater angular range. Further, in at least some embodiments, the inventive pulleys use a low cost and simple torque transfer geometry. Further, in at least some embodiments, the inventive pulleys afford significant overrun. Further, in at least some embodiments, the inventive pulleys are radially small in an overall envelope, in order to allow the alternator to reach its highest possible rotational speed, and thus output, during engine idle. Further, in at least some embodiments, the inventive pulleys are more durable, as they offer the aforementioned dynamics in both directions (torque and counter-torque).Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Conntechnical Industries, Inc.Inventors: Connard Cali, Carlos Ferreira
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Patent number: 8678157Abstract: An isolating decoupler comprising a shaft, a pulley rotationally engaged with the shaft, a coil spring engaged between the pulley and a spring carrier, the spring carrier moveable relative to the shaft and pulley, a one-way clutch mounted to the shaft, a first torsion spring and a second torsion spring engaged between the spring carrier and the one-way clutch, the first torsion spring and the second torsion spring having a releasable frictional engagement with the one-way clutch, the first torsion spring and the second torsion spring comprising adjacent parallel strands and having substantially equal diameters, the first torsion spring and the second torsion spring each being engagable with the pulley, the first torsion spring releasing a frictional engagement with the one-way clutch upon an engagement with the pulley, and the second torsion spring releasing a frictional engagement with the one-way clutch upon an engagement with the pulley.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Gates CorporationInventors: Peter Ward, Alexander Serkh, Imtiaz Ali, Dean Schneider