Clutch driven plate assembly with cushioned friction material
AssigneeBorg-Warner Corporation
InventorThaddeus Lech, Jr.
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Abstract
A clutch driven plate assembly for an automotive vehicle wherein the clutch plate has radially extending lobes carrying friction pads of a suitable material, with the pads being mounted on cushioning means so as to present a yieldable friction surface to the engaging surfaces of the clutch assembly.
Claims7
A clutch driven plate comprising a generally circular plate having a plurality of circumferentially equally spaced radially extending lobes on the periphery thereof, a pair of oppositely disposed generally rectangular support plates extending transversely across each lobe with the opposite ends secured to said lobe on the opposite surfaces thereof, each support plate having a friction pad secured thereto, and cushioning means between said friction pads comprising a spacing between the support plates and the lobe so that the resiliency of the support plates provides a spring force resisting the clutch engaging force resulting in an elastic progression interacting with the engagement force.
A clutch driven plate comprising a generally circular plate having a plurality of circumferentially equally spaced radially extending solid lobes on the periphery thereof, a pair of oppositely disposed generally rectangular support plates extending transversely across each lobe with the opposite ends secured to said lobe on the opposite surfaces thereof, each support plate having a friction pad secured thereto, and cushioning means between said friction pads to provide for an elastic progression interacting with the clutch engagement force and comprising a pair of parallel elongated ridges on each support plate adjacent the plate ends spacing the central portion of the support plate from the lobe so that the resiliency of the support plates provides a spring force resisting the engaging force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.