Installation for vibration damping in drive connections of motor vehicles

Claim 2

An installation for damping vibrations in the drive connection of vehicles, which comprises a vibration damper means having a vibrating mass constructed as annular member and operatively connected with a driving part of the drive connection by way of an elastic body means, characterized in that the damper means serves for damping torsional vibrations of the drive connection as also bending vibrations of the driving part, and in that the elastic body means is delimited on the one hand by a cylinder surface and on the other by a polygonal surface; characterized in that the elastic body means is arranged in the form of three segment-shaped sections between the cylindrical inner surface of the damper mass and the axially essentially parallelly bent-off edge of a triangularly shaped support flange means; and further characterized in that slot-shaped apertures are provided in the elastic body means between the apices of the support flange means and the damper mass, which extend essentially in the circumferential direction.

Claim 3

An installation according to claim 1, characterized in that the ends of the slots terminate in larger rounded-off openings whereas elastic material is still present within the center area at least at one of the rigid parts for the formation of an abutment at the other part.

Claim 4

An installation according to claim 2, characterized in that fastening bores for the support flange means are provided inside of the edge of the triangle apices.

Claim 5

An installation according to claim 3, characterized in that axially parallel bores for influencing the frequency are provided in the segment-shaped sections of the elastic body means.

Claim 6

An installation according to claim 4, characterized in that the bores in the support flange means and the bores in the elastic body means are disposed substantially along the same diameter.

Claim 7

An installation according to claim 5, characterized in that the damper means is so arranged at the end of the universal joint shaft facing the transmission that the support flange means is secured at a universal joint shaft flange and the universal joint shaft extends through the damper means.

Claim 8

An installation for damping vibrations in the drive connection of vehicles, which comprises a vibration damper means having a vibrating mass constructed as annular member and operatively connected with a driving part of the drive connection by way of an elastic body means, characterized in that the damper means serves for damping torsional vibrations of the drive connection as also bending vibrations of the driving part, and in that the elastic body means is delimited on the one hand by a cylinder surface and on the other by a polygonal surface; characterized in that the elastic body means is arranged in the form of three segment-shaped sections between the cylindrical inner surface of the damper mass and the axially essentially parallelly bent-off edge of a triangularly shaped support flange means; characterized in that fastening bores for the support flange means are provided inside of the edge in the triangle apices; and further characterized in that axially parallel bores for influencing the frequency are provided in the segment-shaped sections of the elastic body means.

Claim 9

An installation for damping vibrations in the drive connection of vehicles, which comprises a vibration damper means having a vibrating mass constructed as annular member and operatively connected with a driving part of the drive connection by way of an elastic body means, characterized in that the damper means serves for damping torsional vibrations of the drive connection as also bending vibrations of the driving part, and in that the elastic body means is delimited on the one hand by a cylinder surface and on the other by a polygonal surface; characterized in that the elastic body means is arranged in the form of three segment-shaped sections between the cylindrical inner surface of the damper mass and the axially essentially parallelly bent-off edge of a triangularly shaped support flange means; characterized in that fastening bores for the support flange means are provided inside of the edge in the triangle apices; and further characterized in that axially parallel bores for influencing the frequency are provided in the segment-shaped sections of the elastic body means.

Claim 10

An installation according to claim 7, characterized in that the bores in the support flange means and the bores in the elastic body means are disposed substantially along the same diameter.

Claim 11

An installation for damping vibrations in the drive connection of vehicles, which comprises a vibration damper means having a vibrating mass constructed as annular member and operatively connected with a driving part of the drive connection by way of an elastic body means, characterized in that the damper means serves for damping torsional vibrations of the drive connection as also bending vibrations of the driving part, and in that the elastic body means is delimited on the one hand by a cylinder surface and on the other by a polygonal surface; characterized in that the elastic body means is arranged in the form of three segment-shaped sections between the cylindrical inner surface of the damper mass and the axially essentially parallelly bent-off edge of a triangularly shaped support flange means; and further characterized in that the damper means is so arranged at the end of the driving part facing the transmission that the support flange means is secured at the driving part and the driving part extends through the damper means.

Claim 12

An installation for damping vibrations in the drive connection of vehicles, which comprises a vibration damper means having a vibrating mass constructed as annular member and operatively connected with a driving part of the drive connection by way of an elastic body means, characterized in that the damper means serves for damping torsional vibrations of the drive connection as also bending vibrations of the driving part, and in that the elastic body means is delimited on the one hand by a cylinder surface and on the other by a polygonal surface; characterized in that the elastic body means is arranged in the form of three segment-shaped sections between the cylindrical inner surface of the damper mass and the axially essentially parallelly bent-off edge of a triangularly shaped support flange means; and further characterized in that the damper means is so arranged at the end of the driving part facing the transmission that the support flange means is secured at the driving part and the driving part extends through the damper means.

Claim 13

An installation for damping vibrations in drive connections of vehicles comprising vibration damping means for damping both torsional vibrations of a vehicle drive connection and bending vibrations of a driving means of the drive connection, said vibration damping means including an annular mass member and an elastic body means for operatively connecting said mass member with the driving means, wherein said elastic body means includes an elastic member having a cylindrical surface arranged at said mass member and a substantially polygonal surface arranged at the driving means, and wherein apertures are provided in said elastic member between the apices of said polygonal surface and said cylindrical surface.

Claim 14

An installation for damping vibrations in drive connections of vehicles comprising vibration damping means for damping both torsional vibrations of a vehicle drive connection and bending vibrations of a driving means of the drive connection, said vibration damping means including an annular mass member and an elastic body means for operatively connecting said mass member with the driving means, wherein said elastic body means includes an elastic member having a cylindrical surface arranged at said mass member and a substantially polygonal surface arranged at the driving means, and wherein apertures are provided in said elastic member between the apices of said polygonal surface and said cylindrical surface.

Claim 15

An installation according to claim 10, wherein said apertures are slot-shaped and extend in the circumferential direction.

Claim 16

An installation according to claim 11, wherein the slot-shaped apertures have rounded openings at the ends of the slots with a greater dimension than the slots.

Claim 17

An installation according to claim 12, wherein axially parallel bores are provided in said elastic member diametrically opposite to said apices.

Claim 18

An installation according to claim 13, wherein said polygonal surface includes three surface sections of a triangle.

Claim 19

An installation according to claim 14, wherein the driving means includes a support flange means having fastening bores adjacent said apices.

Claim 20

An installation according to claim 10, wherein axially parallel bores are provided in said elastic member diametrically opposite to said apices.

Claim 21

An installation according to claim 10, wherein said polygonal surface include three surface sections of a triangle.

Claim 22

An installation according to claim 10, wherein the driving means includes a support flange means having fastening bores adjacent said apices.

Claim 23

An installation according to claim 10, wherein said driving means includes a universal joint shaft.

Claim 24

An installation according to claim 10, wherein said elastic member is constituted of rubber.

Claim 25

An installation for damping vibrations in drive connections of vehicles comprising vibration damping means for damping both torsional vibrations of a vehicle drive connection and bending vibrations of a driving means of the drive connection, said vibration damping means including an annular mass member and an elastic body means for operatively connecting said mass member with the driving means, wherein said elastic body means includes an elastic member having a cylindrical surface arranged at said mass member and a substantially polygonal surface arranged at the driving means, and wherein axially parallel bores are provided in said elastic member diametrically opposite to apices of said polygonal surface.

Claim 26

An installation for damping vibrations in drive connections of vehicles comprising vibration damping means for damping both torsional vibrations of a vehicle drive connection and bending vibrations of a driving means of the drive connection, said vibration damping means including an annular mass member and an elastic body means for operatively connecting said mass member with the driving means, wherein said elastic body means includes an elastic member having a cylindrical surface arranged at said mass member and a substantially polygonal surface arranged at the driving means, and wherein axially parallel bores are provided in said elastic member diametrically opposite to apices of said polygonal surface.

Claim 27

An installation according to claim 21, wherein said polygonal surface include three surface sections of a triangle.

Claim 28

An installation for damping vibrations in drive connections of vehicles comprising vibration damping means for damping both torsional vibrations of a vehicle drive connection and bending vibrations of a driving means of the drive connection, said vibration damping means including an annular mass member and an elastic body means for operatively connecting said mass member with the driving means, wherein said elastic body means includes an elastic member having a cylindrical surface arranged at said mass member and a substantially polygonal surface arranged at the driving means, and wherein apertures are provided in said elastic member between the apices of said polygonal surface, and wherein said damping means is arranged at one end of said driving means facing the transmission, and said driving means includes a part extending through said damping means.

Claim 29

An installation for damping vibrations in drive connections of vehicles comprising vibration damping means for damping both torsional vibrations of a vehicle drive connection and bending vibrations of a driving means of the drive connection, said vibration damping means including an annular mass member and an elastic body means for operatively connecting said mass member with the driving means, wherein said elastic body means includes an elastic member having a cylindrical surface arranged at said mass member and a substantially polygonal surface arranged at the driving means, and wherein apertures are provided in said elastic member between the apices of said polygonal surface, and wherein said damping means is arranged at one end of said driving means facing the transmission, and said driving means includes a part extending through said damping means.