Clutch with structural plates, especially of carbon-carbon
AssigneeCarbone Industrie
InventorGuy Prud'Homme
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a clutch with structural friction plates, especially of carbon-carbon, comprising a drive flywheel, a first driving plate forming a first non-clutching interface with the flywheel, at least one pair of driven plates connected to an output shaft, and a driving plate being interposed between each pair of driven plates. A second driving plate and a thrust plate form a second non-clutching interface with the second driving plate. A casing has a mechanism operable to apply pressure to the thrust plate and is provided with bars fitted into radial recesses of the driving plates and being fixed to the flywheel. A packing-up device eliminates the play at at least one of the non-clutching interfaces and the device presses the driving plate against the adjacent part.
Claims5
In a clutch with structural plates of carbon-carbon, comprising:
- a drive flywheel,
- a first driving plate forming with the flywheel a first non-clutching interface,
- at least one pair of driven plates connected to an output shaft, a next adjacent driving plate being interposed between each pair of driven plates,
- a second driving plate,
- a thrust plate forming with the second driving plate, a second non-clutching interface,
- a casing with a mechanism operable to apply pressure to the thrust plate and provided with a plurality of bars fitted into respective radial recesses of the driving plates and being fixed to the flywheel,
- the improvement wherein said clutch further includes a packing-up device eliminating play at at least one of the non-clutching interfaces and comprising means pressing the second driving plate against said thrust plate, and wherein the packing-up device further comprises at least one resilient metal tongue located between the second driving plate and a next adjacent driving plate, and said at least one resilient metal tongue having an operative curved end pressing the second driving plate against said thrust plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.