Patent ID: 6131242
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: B60N,B60R,F16F,Y10T

Abstract:
Damping device assembly, comprising a part pivotable between first and second end positions, and a viscous brake for delaying the pivoting movement, the brake having a brake wheel and a driving member engaging the wheel at a tangent, wherein the brake wheel and the driving member move relative to one another when, in engagement, the part is pivoted along a pivot path causing a rotation of the brake wheel,wherein one of the brake wheel and the driving member is located in a fixed location and the other is located on a lever, wherein the lever is pivotally connected to the part at a pivotal connection point,wherein the pivotal connection point of the lever is located on the part such that a corresponding displacement of the lever, for any predetermined angle of rotation on the pivot path by the part, increases directly along the pivot path of the part from the first to its second end position, andwherein a free-running decoupling device is provided that operates during a return pivoting of the part from its second to its first end position, the decoupling device disengaging a driving connection between the brake wheel and the driving member.