Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Freewheeling rotary damping mechanism
- Patent Title (中): 续流旋转阻尼机构
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Application No.: US13765358Application Date: 2013-02-12
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Publication No.: US08899390B2Publication Date: 2014-12-02
- Inventor: Stephen Kearsey , Richard McClure
- Applicant: C&D Zodiac, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Huntington Beach
- Assignee: C&D Zodiac, Inc.
- Current Assignee: C&D Zodiac, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Huntington Beach
- Agency: Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
- Agent Brennan C. Swain, Esq.
- Main IPC: F16D57/02
- IPC: F16D57/02 ; F16F9/32 ; A47B46/00 ; F16F9/14 ; B64D11/00

Abstract:
A damping mechanism that includes a housing with an inner circumferential surface defined by an assembly outer race, an axle shaft that is rotatable with respect to the housing, and a transmission assembly operatively associated with the axle shaft and disposed within the housing. The transmission assembly includes an assembly intermediate race. A fluid space that includes fluid therein is defined between the assembly intermediate race and the inner circumferential surface of the assembly outer race. A vane is disposed between the assembly intermediate race and the inner circumferential surface of the assembly outer race. The vane includes a restriction space defined therein. When the axle shaft rotates in the first direction, the transmission assembly transmits rotation from the axle shaft to the vane, and when the axle shaft rotates in the second direction, the transmission assembly transmits less rotation to the first vane than when the axle shaft rotates in the first direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130207529A1 FREEWHEELING ROTARY DAMPING MECHANISM Public/Granted day:2013-08-15
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