Patent ID: 6062104
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: F16F,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
An isolating device for isolating fluctuations in torque of a drive shaft, the device comprising a first member adapted for connection to a drive shaft and a second member adapted for connection to a driven member, an inertia member connected to the first member via a damping element, and at least one resilient element interposed between the first and second members so as to be compressed in a circumferential direction relative to the drive shaft when the drive shaft is applying torque to the driven member within a predetermined torque range at which the device is designed to operate, wherein the absence of an applied torque the resilient member biases the first and second members into a predetermined relative position in which a stop on one member bears against the other member, the resilient member being pre-stressed such that the first and second members are maintained in the predetermined relative position when the applied torque is less than said predetermined torque range.