US 12,253,151 B2
Guide assembly comprising an elastic element
Davide Deimichei, Arco (IT); Carlo Aste, Arco (IT); Viviana Enei, Arco (IT); and Efrem Rusconi, Arco (IT)
Assigned to DANA ITALIA S.R.L., Trentino (IT)
Filed by DANA ITALIA S.R.L., Trentino (IT)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/348,275.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2022 103 865.1 (DE), filed on Jul. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0011547 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. F16H 48/24 (2006.01); F16D 25/04 (2006.01); F16D 25/061 (2006.01); F16H 48/08 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 48/24 (2013.01) [F16D 25/044 (2013.01); F16D 25/061 (2013.01); F16H 48/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A guide assembly, comprising:
an outer guide member,
an inner guide member at least partially enclosed by the outer guide member, the outer guide member and the inner guide member delimiting a space therebetween,
an elastic member disposed in the space, enclosing the inner guide member and being compressible along an axial direction,
a support member, wherein a portion of the inner guide member extending radially outward from an axially extending guiding surface of the inner guide member is disposed in between the elastic member and the support member along the axial direction and directly contacts the elastic member and the support member, and
an actuation member configured to axially compress the elastic member against the support member, and wherein a smallest inner radius of the actuation member is larger than a greatest outer radius of the axially extending guiding surface of the inner guide member;
wherein the inner guide member comprises the axially extending guiding surface facing the elastic member for restricting movement of the elastic member in a radial direction perpendicular to the axial direction, wherein a length of an axial overlap between the guiding surface of the inner guide member and the elastic member is at least two thirds of an axial length of the elastic member.