Damper device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9909625-B2
Application number	US-201314914834-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2013
Priority date	Sep 13, 2013
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

Abstract

A damper device is provided with a first rotating body, a second rotating body, a coil spring and a spring seat. The coil spring is interposed in a circumferential direction between the first and second rotating bodies. The resin spring seat includes a metallic core member inside. The resin spring seat has a seat portion and an overhang portion. The metallic core member has an overhang metallic core part that has a low-rigidity portion and a high-rigidity portion. The low-rigidity portion is provided on a side close to the seat portion with a relatively lower rigidity. The high-rigidity portion is provided on a side far from the seat portion with a relatively higher rigidity.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A damper device comprising:
a first rotating body;
a second rotating body;
a coil spring interposed in a circumferential direction between the first rotating body and the second rotating body with respect to a center rotation of the damper device, the coil spring having a first end and a second end each supported to the first and second rotating bodies, the first and second ends of the coil spring being oriented orienting a direction along a spring central axis, which is a center of winding, toward the circumferential direction; and
a resin spring seat having a metallic core member inside, the resin spring seat being attached to one of the first and second rotating bodies, in a state in which the first and second ends of the coil spring are supported in the direction along the spring central axis,
the resin spring seat comprising:
a seat portion on which one of the first and second ends of the coil springs are seated in the direction along the spring central axis, and
an overhang portion extending in the circumferential direction from an outer diameter end of the seat portion with respect to the center rotation of the damper device and covering an outer diameter side of the coil spring with respect to the center rotation of the damper device, and
the metallic core member comprising an overhang metallic core part extending from the overhang portion at an outer diameter direction position on the spring central axis, and the overhang metallic core part comprising a low-rigidity portion that is provided on a side close to the seat portion in the circumferential direction, and a high-rigidity portion that is provided on a side far from the seat portion in the circumferential direction, the high-rigidity portion having a relatively higher rigidity with respect to a relatively lower rigidity of the low-rigidity portion,
the overhang metallic core part being a top portion of the overhang portion in the device outer diameter direction.

2. The damper device according to claim 1 , wherein
the overhang metallic core part is formed of a metal plate, and the rigidity of the high-rigidity portion is increased by being formed wider than the low-rigidity portion.

3. The damper device according to claim 2 , wherein
the overhang metallic core part has a T-shape as viewed in a plan view from the high-rigidity portion and the low-rigidity portion.

4. The damper device according to claim 3 , wherein
the overhang metallic core part is exposed in an inner diameter direction of the first and second rotating body bodies, with respect to the overhang portion.

5. The damper device according to claim 3 , wherein
the resin spring seat further comprises a guide protrusion protruding from the seat portion into an inner perimeter of the coil spring to restrict the movement of the coil spring in a direction perpendicular to the spring central axis, and
the low-rigidity portion is provided further from the distal end direction side position of the overhang portion than the guide protrusion, in the circumferential direction.

6. The damper device according to claim 2 , wherein
the overhang metallic core part is exposed in an inner diameter direction of the first and second rotating body bodies, with respect to the overhang portion.

7. The damper device according to claim 2 , wherein
the resin spring seat further comprises a guide protrusion protruding from the seat portion into an inner perimeter of the coil spring to restrict the movement of the coil spring in a direction perpendicular to the spring central axis, and
the low-rigidity portion is provided further from the distal end direction side position of the overhang portion than the guide protrusion, in the circumferential direction.

8. The damper device according to claim 1 , wherein
the overhang metallic core part is exposed in an inner diameter direction of the first and second rotating body bodies, with respect to the overhang portion.

9. The damper device according to claim 8 , wherein
the resin spring seat further comprises a guide protrusion protruding from the seat portion into an inner perimeter of the coil spring to restrict the movement of the coil spring in a direction perpendicular to the spring central axis, and
the low-rigidity portion is provided further from the distal end direction side position of the overhang portion than the guide protrusion, in the circumferential direction.

10. The damper device according to claim 1 , wherein
the resin spring seat further comprises a guide protrusion protruding from the seat portion into an inner perimeter of the coil spring to restrict the movement of the coil spring in a direction perpendicular to the spring central axis, and
the low-rigidity portion is provided further from the distal end direction side position of the overhang portion than the guide protrusion, in the circumferential direction.

Assignees

• Nissan Motor
• Exedy Corp

Inventors

• Uehara Hiroki
• Akasaka Yuuzou
• Ogata Makoto
• Yoshimura Yoshinari
• Senoue Takeshi

Classifications

• F16F15/12326 Primary

  End-caps for springs · CPC title

• F16D2200/0078

  laminated · 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

• F16F15/123 Primary

  Wound springs {(F16F15/1213, F16F15/1216, F16F15/127 take precedence)} · CPC title

• F16F1/12

  Attachments or mountings {(F16F1/041, F16F13/02 take precedence; of combinations of vibration damper and mechanical spring for vehicle suspension units B60G15/02)} · CPC title