Patent ID: 8021234
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: F16F

Abstract:
1. A spring seat supporting a first spring being configured to absorb and to dampen torsional vibration, comprising: a first support component supporting an end of the first spring in an axial direction of the first spring; a second support component extending in the axial direction from the first support component and supporting the end of the first spring in a first direction perpendicular to the axial direction; and at least one reinforcing component linking the first and second support components and extending in the first direction from the second support component, the reinforcing component having a flat surface extending in the axial direction from the first support component on a side of the reinforcing component opposite to a side of the reinforcing component facing the first spring, the first support component having a first support component main body that contacts the end of the first spring in the axial direction, and a first support protrusion that protrudes from the first support component main body to the first spring side, the second support component having a second support component main body that contacts the end of the first spring in the axial direction, and a first protruding component that protrudes from the second support component main body to the opposite side from the first spring in the first direction, and that extends in the axial direction, the first support component further having a second support protrusion that protrudes from the first support component main body to the opposite side from the first support protrusion, and a second protruding component that is formed to link the second support protrusion and the first protruding component and that protrudes from the first support component main body to the same side as the second support protrusion.