Clutch driven plate with spline locking hub
AssigneeBorg-Warner Corporation
InventorThaddeus Lech, Jr.
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Abstract
A hub for a clutch driven member utilized in an automotive vehicle clutch assembly wherein the barrel portion of the hub is notched or slotted to receive a segmental barrel portion that is spring loaded to eliminate the backlash space of the splined attachment between the hub and the end of a transmission input shaft.
Claims9
In a clutch driven plate assembly including a hub having a barrel with an internally splined passage extending therethrough to receive the externally splined end of a shaft to be driven thereby, and a clutch plate operatively connected to said hub and carrying oppositely disposed friction facings adapted to be engaged by a flywheel and pressure plate on the opposite sides thereof, the internal hub splines and external shaft splines having backlash space therebetween, the improvement comprising a semi-circular segment adapted to engage the splined end of said shaft, said hub barrel having a semi-circular recess opening into the internally splined passage conformably receiving said segment, and resilient means squeezing said segment against said shaft to eliminate said backlash space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.