Multi-plate clutch
AssigneeHoerbiger Antriebstechnik Holding GmbH
InventorsAnsgar Damm, Sami Oezkan, Juergen Binder
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Abstract
A multi-plate clutch is disclosed, including an outer plate carrier, an inner plate carrier, and a set of plates of alternately arranged radially between the outer plate carrier and the inner plate carrier and which is delimited by two end plates engaging at opposite ends of the set of plates, wherein each end plate rests against an annular axial supporting contour on the end face facing away from the set of plates, wherein the supporting contours differ in their effective diameter at which the supporting contours contact the associated end plate, and wherein the supporting contours apply an axial force on the set of plates such that the plates are elastically deformed into a conical shape.
Claims11
A multi-plate clutch, the multi-plate clutch being a passive transmission element, comprising:
- an outer plate carrier;
- an inner plate carrier;
- a driven input shaft;
- a driven output shaft being arranged coaxially to the driven input shaft;
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- a set of plates of alternately arranged outer plates and inner plates, which is arranged radially between the outer plate carrier and the inner plate carrier and which is delimited by two end plates engaging at opposite ends of the set of plates,
- wherein each end plate rests against an annular axial supporting contour on the end face facing away from the set of plates,
- wherein the supporting contours differ in their effective diameter at which the supporting contours contact the associated end plate,
- wherein the supporting contours apply an axial force on the set of plates such that the plates are elastically deformed into a conical shape,
- wherein a torque which can be transmitted between the driven input shaft and the coaxially arranged output shaft is limited, and
- wherein no active actuation of the multi-plate clutch is provided.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.