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.
Claims18
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 (deep-drawn) sheet metal a component having a contour with folds in the region of the inner bearing seat or 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.