Patent ID: 7942580
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: B64D,F16C,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A damping element for radial clearance of a rotating hinge pin, the element comprising: a cylindrical wall of revolution along an axis, the wall being cut to form at least two longitudinal strips fixed to the wall at a first end and free from the wall at a second end part and extending from the first end to the second end part in a direction of the axis, each strip including a first plateau portion with a length of at least five percent of the strip between the two ends of the strip, each of the first plateau portions being substantially coaxial with the cylindrical wall, the plateau portions defining a second cylinder of constant diameter having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the cylindrical wall, wherein each of the first plateau portions are connected to the first end by a part forming a gradual slope between the first plateau portion and the wall.