Patent ID: 9032837
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: F16F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pendulum absorber system for a vehicle comprising: a hub operably coupled to a crankshaft of an engine and having a track extending into a surface thereof; an inner plate connected to the hub and being positioned between the hub and the engine, portions of the inner plate and the hub being spaced from each other such that a void space is defined therebetween, the inner plate having a surface with a track extending thereinto; a weight having a first end and a second end, the weight being housed within the void space between the inner plate and the hub, the weight being guided by the tracks of the inner plate and the hub and defining a travel path between a first stopping position and a second stopping position; and a limiter assembly comprising a pair of limiters, one of the limiters being engaged by the first end of the weight and the other one of the limiters being engaged by the second end of the weight when the weight is in each of the first stopping position and the second stopping position, wherein the limiters are spaced apart from each other such that the pair of limiters does not contact an entire bottom surface of the weight, and wherein each limiter comprises a first stopping surface and a second stopping surface that extend angularly away from each other, the first stopping surface facing the weight and the second stopping surface facing a second weight.