Torsional vibration damper for disc brake or clutch

• US 3,146,860 A
• Filed: 04/09/1962
• Issued: 09/01/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Richard A. Wilson
• Original Assignee: Richard A. Wilson
• Inventors: Wilson, Richard A.
• Application Number:
  US04/185,964
• Time in Patent Office: 876 Days
• US Class Current: 188/71.5
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 1/065 employing disc B60T1/062 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 2055/0058 Fully lined, i.e. braking surface extending over the entire disc circumference
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 25/0638 with more than two discs, e.g. multiple lamellae
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 55/40 actuated by a fluid-pressure device arranged in or one the brake
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 65/853 with closed cooling system

Claims

1. IN A BRAKE OR CLUTCH STRUCTURE, THE COMBINATION OF, A HOUSING, A ROTATABLE SUPPORT MEANS ROTATABLY SUPPORTED IN SAID HOUSING, ROTATABLE DISC MEANS CARRIED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND ROTATABLE THEREWITH, NONROTATABLE DISC MEANS CARRIED BY SAID HOUSING WITH RESPECT TO WHICH SAID FIRST MENTIONED DISC MEANS ROTATES, MEANS OPERABLE ON SAID DISC MEANS TO EFFECT RELATIVE AXIAL MOVEMENT THEREOF WITH RESULTANT FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE FACES OF SAID ROTATABLE DISC MEANS AND SAID NONROTATABLE DISC MEANS, RADIALLY EXTENDING FINGER MEANS ON SAID NONROTATABLE DISC MEANS, AND ADDITIONAL FRICTION FINGER MEANS CARRIED ON SAID HOUSING ENGAGEABLE IN SURFACE FRICTION RELATION WITH SAID FIRST MENTIONED FINGER MEANS DURING THE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID ROTATABLE DISC MEANS AND SAID NONROTATABLE DISC MEANS RESISTING THEREBY TORSIONAL OSCILLATION BETWEEN SAID NONROTATABLE DISC MEANS AND SAID HOUSING.