Patent ID: 9605707
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: F16C,F16F,Y10T

Claim:
1. A crankshaft assembly for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a crankshaft having a lobe with a pendulum absorber coupled thereto, the pendulum absorber including: a switch assembly slidably positioned in a bore of the body and having a lock member configured to selectively engage the pendulum based on a centrifugal force being below a predetermined threshold to lock movement of the pendulum relative to the carrier, the switch assembly including: wherein the crankshaft comprises a center of rotation, and wherein the mass member and a center of mass of the switch assembly are positioned on a first side of the center of rotation opposite the pendulum absorber and the lock member is positioned on a second opposite side of the crankshaft center of rotation.