Clutch and damper assembly

A friction clutch and damper comprising:

• a spring cage comprising a pair of spaced walls and spring windows formed in said spaced walls;
• a drive hub comprising a wall portion disposed between said walls of said spring cage and having spring windows formed therein alignable with the spring windows in said spring cage;
• spring means disposed in each of said spring windows in said spring cage and said drive hub for providing a resilient drive connection between said spring cage and said drive hub;
• spring supports defined by a plurality of embossments on said spring cage;
• a washer spring having an inner diameter supported on and radially positioned by said spring supports;
• hysteresis friction members for providing hysteresis friction defined by an embossment on the wall of said drive hub and said embossment of said drive hub being urged into frictional engagement with one of the walls of said spring cage by said washer spring;
• and drive tabs formed on one of said drive hub and said spring cage and being disposed in slots formed in the other of said drive hub and said spring cage for cooperating therewith to limit angular excursion between said drive hub and said spring cage to a predetermined angle.

A friction clutch and damper comprising:

• a spring cage having a pair of spaced walls and spring windows formed in said spaced walls;
• a drive hub having a wall portion disposed between said walls of said spring cage and having spring windows formed therein alignable with the spring windows in said spring cage;
• spring means disposed in each of said spring windows in said spring cage means and said drive hub means for providing a resilient drive connection between said spring cage and said drive hub;
• a spring support defined by a plurality of embossments on said spring cage;
• a washer spring having an inner diameter supported on and radially positioned by said spring support;
• hysteresis friction members defined by an embossment on one of the walls of said spring cage and said wall of said drive hub being urged into frictional engagement with the embossment of said spring cage by said washer spring;
• and a plurality of drive tabs formed on one of said drive hub and said spring cage and being disposed in respective slots formed in the other of said drive hub and said spring cage in cooperating relation therewith to limit angular excursion between said spring cage and said drive hub to a predetermined angle.