Torsional vibration damper

Claim 1

Torsional vibration damper comprising an internal flange body, an external inertial body, the flange body and the inertial body having a plurality of intermeshing damper disks fastened thereto along a margin and defining therebetween interstitial spaces each having a given breadth, a highly viscous liquid filling the interstitial spaces, means sealing the space comprising resilient material comprising at least two resilient bearing and sealing rings of approximately rectangular cross section disposed between the flange body and the inertial body, wherein the rings are constructed anisotropically such that they behave softly with respect to shearing forces in the circumferential direction and stiffly in the radial and axial directions for the accommodation of bearing forces, and reinforcements vulcanized into the rings comprising a meander-shaped sheet steel band with weakened bends, wherein the damper disks of the flange body and the inertial body comprise cup-like lamins which are offset at the fastening margin thereof in accordance with the desired spacing therebetween and an annular chamber between said flange body and said inertial body and in which the lamins are disposed defining the interstitial spaces therebetween, the lamins fastened to the flange body, and the lamins fastened to the inertial body being identical, in construction.