A drive system for an engine arrangement, the drive system comprising an epicyclical gear reduction mechanism having a main axis and comprising: a first main gear, a second main gear arranged to rotate about main axis in the same direction as the first main gear, a first set of planet gears with planet gears meshing with the first main gear, a second set of planet gears with planet gears meshing with the second main gear, a planet carrier, supporting planet gears of the first and second planet gears, the planet carrier being located, along the main axis, between the first main gear and the second main gear.

A damper pulley for a crankshaft may include: a hub including a first cylindrical portion, a first closed end provided at one end of the first cylindrical portion, and a first open end provided at the other end of the first cylindrical portion; and a pulley including a second cylindrical portion having a plurality of grooves, a second closed end provided at one end of the second cylindrical portion, and a second open end provided at the other end of the second cylindrical portion. In particular, the first closed end of the hub and the second closed end of the pulley are combined into one unit.

An isolating decoupler comprising a shaft, a pulley journalled to the shaft on at least one bearing, a one-way clutch engaged with the shaft, a torsion spring engaged between the one-way clutch and the pulley, the shaft comprises an inner race of the at least one bearing, and the torsion spring having an end welded to the one-way clutch and having another end welded to the pulley.

A freewheel for blocking or interrupting a torque transmission of a motor vehicle comprises a first ring configured for the input and/or output of a torque and a second ring that is arranged substantially coaxially to the first ring and configured for the output and/or input of the torque. The freewheel includes a plurality of first blocking elements, movable between a blocking position and a freewheeling position, for blocking the first ring with the second ring in a circumferential direction in the blocking position and for interrupting a torque transmission between the first ring and the second ring in the freewheeling position. A decoupler is coupled to the second ring or to the first ring for damping rotational irregularities. The decoupler has a housing, mounted on the first ring or the second ring via a housing bearing, for providing a restoring torque directed against the rotational irregularity. A brake element, which can act indirectly or directly on the second ring and/or the first ring, is provided for damping the movement of the first ring and/or the second ring. The brake element is connected indirectly or directly to the housing of the decoupler in a rotationally fixed manner.

The present invention relates to a pulley structure (1) equipped with an outer rotating body (2), an inner rotating body (3), and a coil spring (4) provided between the outer rotating body (2) and the inner rotating body (3). The coil spring (4) is configured so as to undergo torsional deformation in a diameter-expanding or a diameter-contracting direction, thereby engaging the outer rotating body (2) and the inner rotating body (3) and transmitting torque, and to undergo torsional deformation in the direction opposite the direction in which torque is transmitted, thereby entering a disengaged state in which the coil spring slides with the outer rotating body (2) or the inner rotating body (3), thus interrupting the transmission of torque. The number of windings of the coil spring (4) is in a range between [M-0.125] and M (both inclusive), where M is a natural number.

The washing machine of the present disclosure includes an improved pulley for reducing the noise generated in the pulley. When the shaft is inserted into the shaft insertion hole, at least a part of the shaft is closely contacted with the shaft insertion hole to minimize the tolerance between the shaft and the shaft insertion hole, and the rotation shaft of the pulley and the center axis of the shafts may be made to coincide with each other, so that the noise generated by the rotation of the pulley can be effectively reduced. In addition, the spoke of the pulley includes the curved portion, thereby reducing the friction with the air and effectively reducing noise due to friction with air.

An air flow generation structural body includes a main body disposed in a gap between an attachment target to which a sealing device is attached and a disc-shaped member that is integrated with a shaft member so as to extend from the shaft member toward an outer periphery side. The shaft member passes through a through-hole in the attachment target and is rotatable around an axis. The main body is attached to the shaft member so as to be rotatable together with the shaft member. The air flow generation structural body further includes a plurality of blade portions formed on an outer peripheral surface g of the main body to generate an air current. Each of the blade portions extends along a centrifugal direction perpendicular to the axis x and is parallel to the axis x.

A viscous damper may include: a housing that includes a front surface formed with a hub to fasten a crankshaft at a center of the front surface, a damper groove formed along a circumference of the hub, defining a space divided by a partition wall into a front side space and a rear side space, and a pulley extended rearward from a rear side of the damper groove; a first inertia ring disposed in the rear side space of the damper groove and having a damping function together with a first viscous body; a second inertia ring disposed in the front side space of the damper groove and having a damping function together with a second viscous body; and a cover configured to close a front opening of the front space such that the cover and the damper groove enclose the first and second inertia rings.

In an aspect, an isolation device is provided for a belt and a component shaft in an engine. The device includes a hub, a pulley, an isolation spring and a damping member that is fixed rotationally relative to the hub and is engageable frictionally with the pulley. Torque transmission through the spring below a selected non-zero torque, irrespective of hub load on the pulley, drives a change in radius of the helical coils of the spring that is sufficiently small that the spring avoids pressing the damping member against the pulley. Torque transmission through the spring above the selected non-zero torque, irrespective of hub load on the pulley, drives a change in radius of the helical coils that is sufficiently large that the isolation spring applies a radial force to press the damping member against the pulley so as to generate frictional damping.

A pulley decoupler for an accessory drive comprises input and output parts. The output part and the input part are rotatable about a common axis of rotation and are rotatable to a limited extent relative to one another. A centrifugal pendulum device is provided for damping torsional vibrations with a centrifugal pendulum flange that can be rotated about the axis of rotation and has at least one pendulum mass displaceable under centrifugal force relative to the centrifugal pendulum flange. The at least one pendulum mass is acted on by a friction force generated by a first friction device having a first spring and at least one first friction element.