US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies AG &Co. on June 3 for "Torsional vibration damper comprising a friction device" (German, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,393, issued on June 3, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG &Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Torsional vibration damper comprising a friction device" was invented by Martin HaBler (Graben-Neudorf, Germany), Alain Rusch (Gambsheim, France), Timm Gmeiner (Karlsruhe, Germany) and Thorsten Hartmann (Kappelrodeck, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A friction device for a torsional vibration damper includes an axis of rotation, an input side with a first disc and a second disc, and an output side between the first disc and the second disc and rotatable relative to the input side. The output side has a first friction disc, a se...