Patent ID: 6095299
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: F16D,F16F

Abstract:
A friction clutch for a motor vehicle with an inertial mass, comprising:a mass-bearing compensating system, the compensating system including a chamber provided at at least one component of the inertial mass, the chamber having a plurality of chamber parts which are connected to one another by a fluid connection having a predeterminable curvature around a center of curvature;a fluid medium arranged in the chamber to a predetermined degree of fullness so that the position of the fluid in the chamber changes when a torsional vibration occurs, so that the fluid medium acts as a fluid stabilizing mass, whereby an effect resulting from the position change depends on:density and viscosity of the fluid medium;arrangement of the chamber relative to a rotational axis of the inertial mass which determines vibrational behavior of the medium;chamber shape, which determines the displacement resistance; anddegree of fullness of the chamber;at least one solid body arranged in the chamber; andan elastic end stop for the solid body at an end of at least one of the plurality of chamber parts.