Patent ID: 6257089
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: F16F

Abstract:
A spring retaining plate adapted for use with a dampening disk assembly to support at least one coil spring, said spring retaining plate comprising;a plate main body having a disk shape;a centrally located attachment portion formed in said plate main body, said centrally located attachment portion being adapted to be rotatably coupled to a rotating portion; anda spring supporting portion formed in said plate main body and spaced radially from said centrally located attachment portion, said spring supporting portion includingan axially supporting part projecting in an axial direction fromsaid plate main body to form a spring seat adapted to support anaxially outside part of the coil spring,a radially outside supporting part formed along said axially supporting part to be adapted to support a radially outside part of the coil spring, anda pair of circumferentially supporting parts with said axially supporting part and said radially outside supporting part located between said circumferentially supporting parts, said circumferentially supporting parts being spaced apart from each other in a circular direction of said plate main body to be adapted to support both circular ends of the coil spring,said radially outside supporting part having a curved intermediate section extending between a pair of curved indented end sections that extends outwardly from said curved intermediate section in a radial direction of said plate main body.