Damper device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9926984-B2
Application number	US-201314914870-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2013
Priority date	Sep 13, 2013
Publication date	Mar 27, 2018
Grant date	Mar 27, 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 includes a metallic core seat part with a metallic core exposed portion. The metallic core seat part is provided along the spring seating surface in the seat portion of the spring seats. The metallic core exposed portion is exposed so as to be capable of abutting the coil springs. The metallic core exposed portion is provided on a portion of the spring seating surface which slides against the coil springs.

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, the coil spring having a first end and a second end each supported to the first and second rotating bodies, 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 having a spring seating surface on which are seated the first and second ends of the coil spring in a direction along the spring central axis, and an overhang portion that is formed extending in a direction of the spring central axis along an outer perimeter part of the seat portion,
the metallic core member comprising a metallic core seat part provided along the spring seating surface in the seat portion and provided with a metallic core exposed portion, in which the metallic core seat part is exposed so as to be capable of abutting the coil spring, the metallic core exposed portion being provided on a portion of the spring seating surface which slides against the coil spring,
the metallic core exposed portion being disposed in at least one of
a radial inner region of the spring seating surface located radially inward of the spring central axis with respect to a center of rotation of the first and second rotating bodies, and
a radial outer region of the spring seating surface located radially outward of the spring central axis, with respect to the center of rotation of the first and second rotating bodies, and
the metallic core member including a coated region in which the metallic core seat part is coated by resin in regions other than the metallic core exposed portion.

2. The damper device according to claim 1 , wherein
the metallic core exposed portion is disposed on the spring seating surface in a position that is further in an inner diameter direction of the first and second rotating bodies than the spring central axis.

3. The damper device according to claim 2 , wherein
the spring seat has a rigidity with which the overhang portion will be elastically deformed following a deformation of the coil spring, during an elastic deformation of the coil spring in a device outer diameter direction with respect to a center of rotation of the first and second rotating bodies.

4. The damper device according to claim 1 , wherein
the metallic core exposed portion is provided in a semicircular arc shape along the winding shape of the coil spring.

5. The damper device according to claim 4 , wherein
the spring seat has a rigidity with which the overhang portion will be elastically deformed following a deformation of the coil spring, during an elastic deformation of the coil spring in a device outer diameter direction with respect to the center of rotation of the first and second rotating bodies.

6. The damper device according to claim 1 , wherein
the spring seat has a rigidity with which the overhang portion will be elastically deformed following a deformation of the coil spring, during an elastic deformation of the coil spring in a device outer diameter direction with respect to a center of rotation of the first and second rotating bodies.

Assignees

• Nissan Motor
• Exedy Corp

Inventors

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

Classifications

• F16D3/12 Primary

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

• F16F15/13446 Primary

  having internal abutment means · 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

• F16D3/66

  the elements being metallic, e.g. in the form of coils · CPC title

• F16F15/123 Primary

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