Patent ID: 8591344
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: F16F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An arrangement having a gear side and a shaft side, the arrangement comprising: a shaft; a first flange disposed on the gear side; a second flange disposed on the shaft side; and a mass damper attached between the first flange and the second flange, wherein the mass damper includes (i) a damper ring, (ii) a hub, (iii) an elastomer layer disposed between the damper ring and the hub, and (iv) at least three screwed connection domes protruding in an axial direction from a base plane of the hub, wherein the at least three screwed connection domes are each surrounded by a rubber stop, wherein each rubber stop is in direct contact, respectively, to the screwed connection dome, wherein the damper ring includes a damper rim extending past the hub in the axial direction and in a radial direction and connected to a spoke element disposed in a depression of the hub, and wherein the mass damper is screwed, via the hub only, to the first flange and the second flange, so that the damper ring is movable relative to the hub.