Robin J Gallmeyer

US Patent:

56602561, Aug 26, 1997

Filed:

Sep 22, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/532353

Inventors:

Robin John Gallmeyer - White Lake MI
Camilo Gomez Gonzalez - Vigo, ES
Mick Aldo Nylander - Holly MI

Assignee:

GKN Automotive, Inc. - Auburn Hills MI

International Classification:

F16F 700

US Classification:

188379

Abstract:

A dynamic damper for absorbing vibrations in a rotary driveshaft, including a cylindrical mass member having an inner surface and an outer surface, a plurality of elongated connecting members each connecting member extending radially inwardly from the inner surface of the mass member thereby defining a plurality of spaced apart attachment surfaces wherein the cylindrical mass member is affixable to the rotary driveshaft such that the plurality of spaced apart attachment surfaces contacts the rotary shaft, the mass member spaced apart from the rotary shaft and supported by the connecting member to allow the mass member to vibrate by resonance and the connecting members being subjected to compressive deformation between the mass member and the rotary shaft.