EFFICIENCY BOOST OF POWER TRANSMISSION TO THE FRONT END ACCESSORY DRIVE

摘要

An efficiency boost of power transmission to the front end accessory drive (“FEAD”) system is provided by a crankshaft damper having a hub, an inertia member operably attached to the hub by an elastomeric member, and a one-way clutch operably attached to the inertia member and to drive a belt-engaging surface. The one-way clutch is operably associated with the crankshaft damper for increasing the average RPM input to the FEAD system relative to the average crankshaft input.

主权项

1. A crankshaft damper comprising:
a hub mountable to a crankshaft; an elastomeric member disposed in contact with the hub; an inertia member seated against the elastomeric member thereby operably coupling the inertia member to the hub; and a one-way clutch operably coupled to the inertia member, the one-way clutch having an engaged position and a disengaged position; wherein the one-way clutch defines a belt-engaging surface or has a pulley body, defining a belt-engaging surface, seated thereagainst; wherein when the one-way clutch is in the engaged position the belt-engaging surface rotates with the hub and when the one-way clutch is in the disengaged position, the belt engaging surface continues to rotate in the prevailing direction; wherein when the one-way clutch transitions from the disengaged position to the engaged position, a magnification factor experienced by the inertia member in resonance is transferred by the one-way clutch to the belt engaging surface thereby providing the belt engaging surface an average rotational angular speed greater than the average rotational angular speed of the crankshaft or crankshaft nose.