Patent ID: 6547053
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: F16F,Y10T

Abstract:
A vehicle driveline assembly, comprising:an engine output member; a transmission gearbox having a housing and a plurality of selectively engageable gear members; a clutch that selectively couples the engine output member to the gear members within the gearbox housing; and a torsional damper including a hub portion adapted to rotate with a first selected member of the driveline assembly, a disk portion that is adapted to rotate with a second selected member of the driveline assembly and a plurality of damping members associated with the hub portion and the disk portion, the torsional damper being supported in the driveline outside of the gearbox housing, the torsional damper including two plate portions disposed in opposite sides of the disk portion, the plate portions being secured to the hub portion such that there is no relative movement between the plate portions and the hub portion, each plate portion including cutaway portions that receive the damping elements, the disk portion including spokes that have surfaces that engage the damping elements.