Clutch driven plate assembly with a floating hub
AssigneeBorg-Warner Corporation
InventorThaddeus Lech, Jr.
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Abstract
A clutch driven plate assembly for use in an automotive vehicle adapted to dissipate the irregular impulses of the vehicle engine when the transmission is in neutral, the clutch is engaged and the engine is at idle rpm. The assembly includes an inner hub in operative engagement with the transmission input shaft, an outer hub encompassing the inner hub, cooperating conical teeth on the inner and outer hubs, a back plate in engagement with the inner hub, and resilient means between the back plate and the outer hub.
Claims13
A clutch driven plate assembly for an automotive vehicle clutch driving a transmission input shaft, comprising a multi-part hub assembly including an inner hub operatively connected to the transmission input shaft, an outer hub encompassing said inner hub and having an integral radial flange operatively connected to friction facings located between a engine flywheel and a clutch pressure plate, said inner hub having a radial flange at one end and a stop ring adjacent the opposite end, said radial flange having a surface facing the outer hub flange, a back plate positioned on said inner hub adjacent said stop ring, a plurality of intermeshing camming surfaces formed on the flange surface and facing surface of the outer hub so that relative rotation betwen the hubs will result in axial motion of the inner hub on the transmission shaft, and resilient means between said back plate and outer hub to yieldably bias the camming surfaces into engagement.
A clutch driven plate assembly for an automotive vehicle clutch driving a transmission input shaft, comprising a multipart hub assembly including an inner hub operatively connected to the transmission input shaft, an outer hub encompassing said inner hub and having an integral radial flange operatively connected to friction facings located between an engine flywheel and a clutch pressure plate, said inner hub having a radial flange at one end and a stop ring adjacent the opposite end, said radial flange having a surface facing the outer hub, a plurality of interengaging conical teeth formed on said flange surface and facing surface of the outer hub so that relative rotation betwen the hubs will result in relative axial motion therebetween, a back plate positioned on said inner hub abutting said stop ring, and resilient means compressed between said outer hub and said back plate to yieldably bias the conical teeth into engagement.
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