Clutch device with a hydrodynamic clutch and at least two friction clutches
AssigneeMannesmann Sachs AG
InventorsWolfgang Kundermann, Jörg Sudau
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Abstract
A clutch device which serves to connect the drive) of a motor vehicle with a multiple-speed shift transmission has, for this purpose, two friction clutches which can be engaged or disengaged independently from one another in that they are connected via their respective driven sides with a transmission input shaft. At least one of the friction clutches is in a working connection at its drive side with a driving member of a hydrodynamic clutch which can be activated at least under predetermined operating conditions of the drivetrain for transmitting torque introduced by the drive. At the same time, a driven member of the hydrodynamic clutch can be connected with one of the transmission input shafts.
Claims36
Clutch device for connecting the drive of a motor vehicle with a multiple-speed shift transmission, said clutch device comprising at least two friction clutches, each clutch having a driven side, the driven side of each clutch being connected with an associated transmission input shaft of the shift transmission, said at least two friction clutches being engaged or disengaged independently of each other, in which at least a first one of said two friction clutches can be put into a working connection at a driving side thereof with a driving member of a hydrodynamic clutch which can be activated, under motor vehicle drivetrain predetermined operating conditions to transmit torque output of the drive, a driven side of the said first one of said friction clutches, and a driven member of the hydrodynamic clutch being connected with the transmission input shaft associated with the first one of said friction clutches.
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