Rotary damper

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9541154-B2
Application number	US-201214118165-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2012
Priority date	May 17, 2011
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

A rotary damper for a motor vehicle includes at least one damper element for damping the relative movement of a first mass located on the wheel-suspension side and of a second mass located on the vehicle-body side, with at least one vibration absorber ( 8 ) being arranged on the rotary damper ( 1 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rotary damper for a motor vehicle, comprising:
at least one damper element configured to dampen a relative movement between a first mass arranged on a wheel-suspension side of the motor vehicle and a second mass arranged on a vehicle-body side; and
at least one vibration absorber arranged on the rotary damper,
wherein the damper element has a fixed first damper part and a second damper part which is radially inwardly spaced from the first damper part so as to form a radially inner space between them, is coaxial with the first damper part, and is rotatably movable relative to the first damper part so as to apply a damping force, and
wherein said vibration absorber is arranged coaxially with the first and second damper parts of the damper element outside of the radially inner space between the first and second damper parts of the damper element and forms an autonomous vibration system which acts in opposition to a vibration system of the damper element,
wherein said vibration absorber is arranged radially outwardly of the first and second damper parts of the damper element.

2. The rotary damper of claim 1 , further comprising a lever element coupled via a rotation-transmitting connection to the second damper part and connected to the first mass so as to be movable when the first mass moves and thereby transmit a rotary movement to the second damper part, said at least one vibration absorber being arranged on the second damper part or the lever element.

3. The rotary damper of claim 1 , wherein the vibration absorber includes at least one elastically resilient damping spring element and at least one damping mass connected to the spring element via a vibration-transmitting connection, and wherein the spring element is located between the damping mass and the second damper part or the lever element connected to the second damper part.

4. The rotary damper of claim 1 , wherein the spring element is constructed as mechanical spring or rubber-elastic elastomeric member.

5. The rotary damper of claim 1 , wherein the damping mass is a mass body formed of elastomer or metal.

6. The rotary damper of claim 1 , wherein the damper element includes a hollow-cylindrical housing in which the first and second damper parts are received or integrated.

7. The rotary damper of claim 1 , wherein the first and second damper parts are each constructed as hollow-cylindrical body, with either the first damper part being received within the second damper part or the second damper part being received within the first damper part.

8. The rotary damper of claim 1 , further comprising a gear mechanism linking the lever element and the damper element and including at least a first gear element which is dynamically coupled with the lever element and caused to rotate by the lever element, and at least a second gear element which is coupled directly or indirectly with the first gear element and dynamically coupled with the second damper part such as to cause a rotary movement of the second damper part.

9. The rotary damper of claim 8 , wherein the gear mechanism is configured as planetary gear mechanism, strain wave gear mechanism, cycloidal gear mechanism, or spur gear mechanism.

10. The rotary damper of claim 1 , constructed as hydraulic rotary damper, said at least one damper element being configured as a hydraulic damper element.

11. The rotary damper of claim 1 , constructed as electric rotary damper, said at least one damper element being configured as an electric damper element.

12. The rotary damper of claim 3 , wherein the damping spring element and the damping mass are disk-shaped and coaxial with one another, the disk-shaped spring element concentrically surrounds the second damper part, and the disk-shaped damping mass concentrically surrounds the disk-shaped spring element.

13. The rotary damper of claim 3 , wherein the damping spring element and the damping mass are disk-shaped and coaxial with one another, the disk-shaped spring element is arranged on an axial end surface of the lever element, and the disk-shaped damping mass is arranged on an axial end surface of the disk-shaped spring element.

14. A rotary damper for a motor vehicle, comprising:
at least one damper element configured to dampen a relative movement between a first mass arranged on a wheel-suspension side of the motor vehicle and a second mass arranged on a vehicle-body side; and
at least one vibration absorber arranged on the rotary damper,
wherein the damper element has a fixed first damper part and a second damper part which is radially inwardly spaced from the first damper part so as to form a radially inner space between them, is coaxial with the first damper part, and is rotatably movable relative to the first damper part so as to apply a damping force, and
wherein said vibration absorber is arranged coaxially with a continuation of an axis of the first and second damper parts of the damper element outside of the radially inner space between the first and second damper parts of the damper element and forms an autonomous vibration system which acts in opposition to a vibration system of the damper element,
wherein said vibration absorber is arranged outwardly of the first and second damper parts of the damper element as considered in an axial direction.

Assignees

• Willems Marco
• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Willems Marco

Classifications

• F16F9/12

  Devices with one or more rotary vanes turning in the fluid any throttling effect being immaterial, {i.e. damping by viscous shear effect only (F16F9/53 takes precedence; pivoting supports for apparatus or articles placed on stands or trestles F16M11/06)} · CPC title

• B60G2204/4191

  Planetary or epicyclic gears · CPC title

• B60G13/18

  combined with energy-absorbing means · CPC title

• B60G2202/1424

  Torsional · CPC title

• F16F13/06 Primary

  the damper being a fluid damper, e.g. the plastics spring not forming a part of the wall of the fluid chamber of the damper (F16F13/26 takes precedence) · CPC title