ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,016, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Segmented centrifugal pendulum absorber mass carrier" was invented by Alfredo Perez Mitre Jimenez (Wooster, Ohio) and Omar Yair Guerra (Puebla, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrifugal pendulum device is provided having a weight carrier disc an opening and guide tracks arranged on a radially outer region thereof and including damper spring openings in a radially inner region thereof. A centrifugal weight is disposed displaceably on the weight carrier disc, with the centrifugal weight including two side elements that each...