Patent ID: 9121471
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: F16F,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A torsional vibration damper comprising a hub adapted to attach to a rotating component, said hub having an outer peripheral surface; a ring surrounding and spaced from said hub and defining a gap therebetween having a first side portion opposite a second side portion with a central portion therebetween, said ring having an inner annular surface; a rubber insert compression fitted between said outer peripheral surface and said inner annular surface; said outer peripheral surface having a concave cross-section, said surface forming a first arc having a first arc radius; said inner annular surface having a convex cross section and forming a second arc having a second arc radius, wherein said first arc radius is larger than said second arc radius and is measured from a different centerpoint, thereby configuring said gap to have a wider radial thickness at both said first side portion and said second side portion compared to said central portion.