Friction clutch with a cover made from sheet metal with folded anti-friction bearing seats, transmission arrangement and production method
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorViktor Wiege
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Abstract
A friction clutch for a drive train of a motor vehicle includes a cover. The cover is a deep drawn sheet metal component having a contour with folds. The folds form an inner bearing seat for receiving an inner anti-friction bearing for mounting a shaft or an outer bearing seat for receiving an outer anti-friction bearing for mounting the friction clutch in a transmission housing. The folds may include radial folds. The contour may be sinusoidal in a circumferential direction.
Claims15
A friction clutch for a drive train of a motor vehicle, with a cover which, in order to be mounted in a transmission housing or in order to mount a shaft, has an inner bearing seat or an outer bearing seat for respective receiving of an anti-friction bearing, wherein the cover is a sheet metal component having a contour with folds in the region of the inner bearing seat or the outer bearing seat and the contour with folds is machined on its inside to form the inner bearing seat and on its outside to form the outer bearing seat.
A friction clutch for a drive train of a motor vehicle comprising a cover, the cover being a deep drawn sheet metal component comprising:
- a contour comprising folds forming:
- an inner bearing seat for receiving an inner anti-friction bearing for mounting a shaft;
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- an outer bearing seat for receiving an outer anti-friction bearing for mounting the friction clutch in a transmission housing;
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- axial folds on a surface oriented perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.