TORQUE DAMPENING COMPENSATOR FOR A VEHICLE
First Claim
1. A torque dampening compensator for a vehicle comprising:
- an input member operable to receive an input torque, the input member including a first lug portion operable to transmit the input torque;
an output member operable to transmit an output torque that is less than or equal to the input torque, the output member including a second lug portion operable to receive the output torque; and
an isolator member disposed between the input member and the output member, the isolator member operable to receive the input torque from the input member, to selectively absorb a portion of the input torque, and to transmit the output torque to the output member,wherein the isolator member includes a first portion positioned in a space between the first lug portion and the second lug portion, the first portion of the isolator member having a size corresponding to the space and having a shape that is dissimilar to the space, the first portion of the isolator member being resiliently deformable into the space.
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Abstract
A torque dampening compensator for a vehicle including an isolator member disposed between an input member and an output member. The isolator member includes isolator elements disposed between corresponding lugs of the respective input and output members. The lugs of the output member have a draft angle, and the isolator elements have contact faces corresponding to the respective lugs with unequal axial depths to induce a moment on each isolator element that counteracts a thrust load between the input and output members initiated by the draft angle. One isolator element of the isolator member is formed to have a size corresponding to the space provided between adjacent lugs of the input and output members and a shape that is dissimilar from the space. The one isolator element is resiliently deformable into the space.
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20 Claims
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1. A torque dampening compensator for a vehicle comprising:
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an input member operable to receive an input torque, the input member including a first lug portion operable to transmit the input torque; an output member operable to transmit an output torque that is less than or equal to the input torque, the output member including a second lug portion operable to receive the output torque; and an isolator member disposed between the input member and the output member, the isolator member operable to receive the input torque from the input member, to selectively absorb a portion of the input torque, and to transmit the output torque to the output member, wherein the isolator member includes a first portion positioned in a space between the first lug portion and the second lug portion, the first portion of the isolator member having a size corresponding to the space and having a shape that is dissimilar to the space, the first portion of the isolator member being resiliently deformable into the space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A torque dampening compensator for a vehicle comprising:
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an input member rotatable about an axis and operable to receive an input torque, the input member including a first radially-extending lug operable to transmit the input torque, the first radially-extending lug having a first radially-extending contact face; an output member rotatable about the axis and operable to transmit an output torque that is less than or equal to the input torque, the output member including a second radially-extending lug operable to receive the output torque, the second radially-extending lug having a second radially-extending contact face; and an isolator member disposed between the input member and the output member, the isolator member operable to receive the input torque from the input member, to selectively absorb a portion of the input torque, and to transmit the output torque to the output member, wherein the isolator member includes a first portion having a first surface in contact with the first contact face and a second surface in contact with the second contact face, at least one of the first and second contact faces being non-parallel with the axis and having a draft angle promoting a thrust load between the input member and the output member when the isolator member is compressed between the first and second lugs, and wherein the first and second surfaces of the isolator member are asymmetrical, counteracting the thrust load. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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