| US 7,578,743 B2 | ||
| Torsional vibration dampener | ||
| Elmar Kampmann, Senden (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG, (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/453,637. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10 2005 027 834 (DE), filed on Jun. 16, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0287115 A1, Dec. 21, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. F16D 3/80 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 464—24 [464/89] | 15 Claims |

| 1. A torsional vibration dampener for dampening torsional vibrations of a rotationally driven shaft, comprising:
a hub that is adapted to be coaxially connected to said shaft relative to an axis of rotation thereof so as to rotate with
said shaft;
a rubber elastic ring connected to said hub; and
a rotationally symmetrical body of inertia that is connected to said rubber elastic ring and acts as a vibrational mass, wherein
said body of inertia comprises a primary part and a secondary part, wherein said secondary part is coaxial relative to said
primary part and is pivotable about a given angle relative to said primary part, wherein displacement chambers are formed
by and are disposed between said primary part and said secondary part, wherein at least two of said displacement chambers
communicate with one another via at least one flow control gap, wherein relative movement between said primary part and said
secondary part alters the volumes of each two displacement chambers that communicate with one another via said flow control
gap such that the volume of one of said displacement chambers decreases by the same amount by which the volume of the other
of said displacement chambers increases, wherein said displacement chambers are filled with a hydraulic fluid such that a
fluid coupling is formed between said primary part and said secondary part, wherein upon a relative movement between said
primary and said secondary part, due to the resulting change in volume of said displacement chambers hydraulic fluid flows
from the one displacement chamber into the other displacement chamber via said flow control gap, wherein said displacement
chambers are provided with supply means and discharge means for said hydraulic fluid, wherein via said supply means, hydraulic
fluid under pressure is continuously supplied from a storage reservoir, wherein excess hydraulic fluid flows back from said
displacement chambers, via said discharge means, into said storage reservoir, and wherein said supply means to said displacement
chambers, and said discharge means from said displacement chambers, are embodied such that upon relative movement between
said primary part and said secondary part hydraulic fluid predominantly flows only between said displacement chambers that
communicate with one another via said at least one flow control gap.
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