Damper device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9599187-B2
Application number	US-201514622042-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 13, 2015
Priority date	Feb 27, 2014
Publication date	Mar 21, 2017
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017

Abstract

A damper device includes a first rotary member, a second rotary member, a plurality of coil springs, an intermediate member and a positioning structure. The first rotary member is a member into which a power of an engine is inputted. The second rotary member is disposed to be rotatable with respect to the first rotary member. The plurality of coil springs are configured to be compressed between the first rotary member and the second rotary member. The intermediate member is engaged with the plurality of coil springs and couples the plurality of coil springs together. The positioning structure radially positions the intermediate member with respect to at least either of the first rotary member and the second rotary member on an inner peripheral side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A damper device, comprising:
a first rotary member into which a power of an engine is inputted;
a second rotary member disposed to be rotatable with respect to the first rotary member;
a plurality of coil springs configured to be compressed between the first rotary member and the second rotary member, the plurality of coil springs receiving a torque of the first rotary member and directly transmitting the torque to the second rotary member;
an intermediate member configured to engage the plurality of coil springs and to couple the plurality of coil springs together; and
a positioning structure configured to position radially the intermediate member with respect to at least one of the first rotary member and the second rotary member on an inner peripheral side.

2. The damper device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first rotary member is provided with a support part for supporting an inner peripheral part of the intermediate member, and
the positioning structure is configured by the inner peripheral part of the intermediate member and the support part.

3. The damper device according to claim 2 , wherein
the first rotary member has a coupling part for coupling the first rotary member to the engine, and
the support part is a reinforcement member for reinforcing the coupling part.

4. The damper device according to claim 1 , wherein
the intermediate member has a body and a protruding part axially protruding from the body,
the second rotary member has a support part, the support part being configured to support the protruding part, and
the positioning structure is configured by the protruding part and the support part.

5. The damper device according to claim 4 , wherein
the protruding part is formed by bending an inner peripheral part of the body, and
an inner peripheral part of the support part supports an outer peripheral part of the protruding part.

6. The damper device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first rotary member, the intermediate member and the second rotary member are disposed on the inner peripheral side to be axially aligned in a sequential order of the first rotary member, the intermediate member and the second rotary member.

7. The damper device according to claim 5 , wherein
the first rotary member, the intermediate member and the second rotary member are disposed on the inner peripheral side to be axially aligned in a sequential order of the first rotary member, the intermediate member and the second rotary member.

8. The damper device according to claim 1 , wherein
the intermediate member is rotatable relative to the first and second rotary members when transmitting the torque from the first rotary member to the second rotary member.

Assignees

• Exedy Corp

Inventors

• Uehara Hiroshi
• Yoshimura Yoshinari
• Senoue Takeshi

Classifications

• F16F15/12333

  having internal abutment means · CPC title

• F16F15/12373 Primary

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

• F16F15/13446

  having internal abutment means · CPC title