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US 6,622,839 B2Granted
Multiple clutch arrangement
AssigneeMannesmann Sachs AG
InventorsWolfgang Kundermann, Jörg Sudau
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Abstract
A multiple clutch arrangement includes a drive member, first and second output members, a first clutch arrangement for selective activation of a first torque transmission path between the drive member and the first output member, and a second clutch arrangement for selective activation of a second torque transmission path between the drive member and the second output member. A torsional vibration damper arrangement is arranged in at least one of the first and second clutch arrangements in the associated torque transmission path.
Claims14
A multiple clutch arrangement, comprising:
- a drive member rotatable about an axis of rotation;
- first and second output members rotatable relative to each other about the axis of rotation;
- a first clutch arrangement connected between said drive member and said first output member for selectively activating a first torque transmission path between said drive member and said first output member;
- a second clutch arrangement connected between said drive member and said second output member for selectively activating a second torque transmission path between said drive member and said second output member, wherein at least one of said first and second clutch arrangements comprises a multidisk clutch arrangement comprising a plurality of drive disks coupled to said drive member for common rotation therewith, a plurality of output disks coupled to the one of the first and second output members associated with said at least one of said first and second clutch arrangements for common rotation therewith, an input disk-carrier region for holding said plural drive disks, and an output disk-carrier region for holding said plural output disks;
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- a torsional vibration damper arranged in said output disk-carrier region of said at least one of said first and second clutch arrangements in the associated one of said first and second torque transmission paths.
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A multiple clutch arrangement comprising:
- a drive member rotatable about an axis of rotation,
- first and second output members rotatable relative to each other about the axis of rotation;
- a first clutch arrangement connected between said drive member and said first output member for selectively activating a first torque transmission path between said drive member and said first output member;
- a second clutch arrangement connected between said drive member and said second output member for selectively activating a second torque transmission path between said drive member and said second output member, wherein at least one of said first and second clutch arrangements comprises a multidisk clutch arrangement comprising a plurality of drive disks coupled to said drive member for common rotation therewith, a plurality of output disks coupled to the one of the first and second output members associated with said at least one of said first and second clutch arrangements for common rotation therewith, an input disk-carrier region for holding said plural drive disks, and an output disk-carrier region for holding said plural output disks;
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- a torsional vibration damper arranged in one of said input disk-carrier region and said output disk-carrier region of said at least one of said first and second clutch arrangements in the associated one of said first and second torque transmission paths, wherein said one of said input disk-carrier region and said output disk-carrier region comprises a disk-carrying section for carrying at least one disk and a connecting section, wherein said torsional vibration damper arrangement is integrated into said connecting section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.