CENTRIFUGAL PENDULUM AND DRIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE

The invention relates to a centrifugal pendulum for damping torsional vibrations having at least one pendulum flange (20) rotatable about a rotational axis (1) and a plurality of pendulum masses (10)slidably arranged on the pendulum flange (20) each for the execution of an oscillating movement (2) running substantially normal to the rotational axis, wherein a contact element (40), in particular aplastic element, is securely mechanically connected to each pendulum mass (10) and the centrifugal pendulum has at least one friction device (30) with which a normal force (Fn) acting substantially parallel to the rotational axis is created on each contact element (40), such that, on a movement of the pendulum mass (10) by reason of the loading with the first normal force (Fn), a frictional force(Fr) acting in opposition to this movement is generated on the contact element (40) of the particular pendulum mass (10). The centrifugal pendulum according to the invention proposed here can efficiently reduce or eliminate to