Damper device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10895303-B2
Application number	US-201815995425-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2018
Priority date	Jun 30, 2017
Publication date	Jan 19, 2021
Grant date	Jan 19, 2021

Abstract

A damper device includes a first rotary member to which a power of an engine is inputted. The second rotary member is disposed to be rotatable relatively to the first rotary member. The plurality of elastic members elastically couple the first rotary member and the second rotary member in a rotational direction. The seat member is disposed between at least one of the first and second rotary members and one of the plurality of elastic members, and is movable in the rotational direction in accordance with compression and extension of the one of the plurality of elastic members. The auxiliary compression mechanism changes a posture of the seat member so as to compress the one of the plurality of elastic members by a predetermined amount in transmitting the power between the first rotary member and the second rotary member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A damper device comprising:
a first rotary member to which a power of an engine is inputted;
a second rotary member disposed to be rotatable relative to the first rotary member;
a plurality of elastic members configured to elastically couple the first rotary member and the second rotary member in a rotational direction;
a seat member disposed between at least one of the first and second rotary members and one of the plurality of elastic members, the seat member movable in the rotational direction in accordance with compression and extension of the one of the plurality of elastic members; and
an auxiliary compression mechanism configured to change a posture of the seat member by causing the first or second rotary member to contact the seat member so as to compress the one of the plurality of elastic members by a predetermined amount in transmitting the power between the first rotary member and the second rotary member,
the seat member including a first engaging portion on a surface thereof configured to contact the first or second rotary member, the first engaging portion being a recess recessed in the rotational direction, and
the first or second rotary member including a second engaging portion, the second engaging portion being a protrusion protruding in the rotational direction configured to be engaged with the recess, the protrusion configured to change the posture of the seat member when engaged with the recess.

2. The damper device according to claim 1 , wherein
the seat member includes a support surface configured to support an end surface of the one of the plurality of elastic members, and
the auxiliary compression mechanism changes a posture of the support surface so as to compress the one of the plurality of elastic members.

3. The damper device according to claim 1 , wherein
the seat member includes a first contact surface and a second contact surface, one of the first and second contact surfaces configured to selectively contact part of the first or second rotary member, and
the auxiliary compression mechanism changes the posture of the seat member by causing one of the first and second contact surfaces of the seat member to contact the first or second rotary member.

4. The damper device according to claim 3 , wherein
the first rotary member includes an accommodation portion having an annular shape, the accommodation portion recessed in an axial direction, the accommodation portion including an outer peripheral side inner wall surface,
the plurality of elastic members and the seat member are accommodated in the accommodation portion of the first rotary member,
the first and second contact surfaces of the seat member are provided on an outer peripheral surface of the seat member, one of the first and second contact surfaces configured to selectively contact the outer peripheral side inner wall surface of the accommodation portion, and
the seat member is configured to take a first posture and a second posture, the first posture for causing the first contact surface to contact the outer peripheral side inner wall surface, the second posture for causing the second contact surface to contact the outer peripheral side inner wall surface.

5. The damper device according to claim 4 , wherein
the seat member includes a support surface configured to support an end surface of the one of the plurality of elastic members,
the support surface changes in posture depending on which of the first and second postures the seat member takes, and
the one of the plurality of elastic members is compressed by the predetermined amount when the seat member changes in posture from the first posture to the second posture.

6. The damper device according to claim 4 , wherein the seat member contacts an outer peripheral side inner wall surface of the first rotary member in the rotational direction.

Assignees

• Exedy Corp

Inventors

• Koshi Kazuhiro

Classifications

• G01M13/022 Primary

  Power-transmitting couplings or clutches · CPC title

• F16F15/134 Primary

  Wound springs {(F16F15/1333, F16F15/1337, F16F15/137 take precedence)} · CPC title

• F16F15/13438

  End-caps for springs · CPC title

• F16F15/13492 Primary

  the sets of springs being arranged at substantially the same radius · CPC title

• F16F15/139

  characterised by friction-damping means {(F16F15/13128 takes precedence)} · CPC title