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US 6,186,300 B1Granted
Clutch assembly
AssigneeBorgWarner Inc.
InventorsKarl-Heinz Bauer, Jurgen Kroll
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Abstract
A motor vehicle clutch assembly with an outer ring which is rotationally driven by the engine. An inner ring of the clutch assembly is seated, with a clutch element, on the transmission input shaft of a speed-change gear. The clutch element locks during engaged conditions of the engine and opens during overrun conditions of the engine.
Claims14
A clutch assembly for motor vehicles, said clutch assembly comprising:
- a first outer ring rotationally driven by a vehicle engine, a first inner ring in torque-transmitting linkage with the transmission input shaft of a speed-change gear, and at least one friction member provided on said first outer ring and/or on said first inner ring, which engages frictionally and withdraws under increasing slip, wherein said first inner ring is seated on the transmission shaft with a first clutch element which locks during engaged conditions of the engine and opens during overrun conditions of the engine;
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- a second outer ring rotationally driven by the vehicle engine, a second inner ring in torque-transmitting linkage with the transmission input shaft, and at least one friction member provided on said second outer ring and/or second inner ring, said second inner ring being seated on the transmission shaft with a second clutch element which opens during engaged conditions of the engine and closes during overrun conditions of the engine.
A clutch assembly for motor vehicles having an engine, transmission, transmission input shaft and an engaging clutch mechanism, said clutch assembly comprising:
- a first friction clutch mechanism in torque-transmitting linkage to the transmission input shaft, and having friction members and a first clutch element, said first clutch element locking during engaged conditions of the engine and opening during overrun conditions of the engine;
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- an overrun friction mechanism in torque-transmitting linkage to the transmission input shaft and having friction members and a second clutch element, said second clutch element opening during engaged conditions of the engine and closing during overrun conditions of the engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.