Damper device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9719561-B2
Application number	US-201414774066-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2014
Priority date	Mar 19, 2013
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

A damper device includes a first member, a second member, an elastic member and a supporting member. The first member has two wall members separated from each other. The supporting member includes projections (preventing portion) that make contact with one of two wall portions (wall members) so as to prevent the supporting member and an elastic member from being inclined (falling, rotationally moving) in the axial direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A damper device comprising:
a first member that has two wall members separated from each other in an axial direction of a rotating axis and rotates about the rotating axis, the first member being provided with an opening having a first recess at a circumferential edge of the opening of the first member, the first recess being depressed in a circumferential direction;
a second member that is located between the two wall members and rotates about the rotating axis, the second member being provided with an opening having a second recess at a circumferential edge of the opening of the second member, the second recess being depressed in the circumferential direction;
an elastic member that is interposed between the first member and the second member and is elastically deformed at least in a circumferential direction of the rotating axis between the first member and the second member;
a supporting member including a first supporting portion, a second supporting portion, a projection, and a preventing portion, the first supporting portion being supported by at least one of the first member and the second member, the second supporting portion supporting the elastic member, and the preventing portion making contact with at least one of the two wall members and the second member so as to prevent the supporting member from being inclined in the axial direction, the projection projecting from the first supporting portion in the circumferential direction and being accommodated in the first recess and the second recess.

2. The damper device according to claim 1 , wherein the preventing portion projects to between two members out of the two wall members and the second member and makes contact with at least one of the two members so as to prevent the supporting member from being inclined in the axial direction.

3. The damper device according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting member includes a plurality of the preventing portions separated from one another in a radial direction of the rotating axis.

4. The damper device according to claim 1 , wherein the preventing portion has an inclined surface inclined with respect to a radial direction.

5. A damper device comprising:
a first member that has two wall members separated from each other in an axial direction of a rotating axis and rotates about the rotating axis;
a second member that is located between the two wall members and rotates about the rotating axis;
an elastic member that is interposed between the first member and the second member and is elastically deformed at least in a circumferential direction of the rotating axis between the first member and the second member;
a supporting member including a first supporting portion, a second supporting portion, and a preventing portion, the first supporting portion being supported by at least one of the first member and the second member, the second supporting portion supporting the elastic member, and the preventing portion making contact with at least one of the two wall members and the second member so as to prevent the supporting member from being inclined in the axial direction;
the preventing portion being provided with a recess wherein one member out of the two wall members and the second member is inserted into the recess;
the recess of the preventing portion and the one member making contact with each other so as to prevent the supporting member from being inclined in the axial direction; and
the recess being provided with an expansion portion where the recess expands toward an opening side thereof.

6. The damper device according to claim 5 , wherein the preventing portion projects to between two members out of the two wall members and the second member and makes contact with at least one of the two members so as to prevent the supporting member from being inclined in the axial direction.

7. The damper device according to claim 5 , wherein the supporting member includes a plurality of the preventing portions separated from one another in a radial direction of the rotating axis.

8. The damper device according to claim 5 , wherein the preventing portion has an inclined surface inclined with respect to a radial direction.

Assignees

• Aisin Seiki

Inventors

• Nakagaito Satoshi
• Saeki Tomohiro
• Nishio Yusaku
• Kawazoe Hiroshi
• Torii Miki

Classifications

• F16D7/025

  with flat clutching surfaces, e.g. discs · CPC title

• F16D3/12 Primary

  specially adapted for accumulation of energy to absorb shocks or vibration (by making use of fluid elements F16D3/80) · CPC title

• F16D3/64

  comprising elastic elements arranged between substantially-radial walls of both coupling parts · CPC title

• F16F15/1234

  Additional guiding means for springs, e.g. for support along the body of springs that extend circumferentially over a significant length · CPC title

• F16F15/12353

  Combinations of dampers, e.g. with multiple plates, multiple spring sets, i.e. complex configurations · CPC title