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US 8,408,373 B2Granted
Clutch unit
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsPhilippe Mih, Bin Zhou, Matthias Zink
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Abstract
The invention relates to a clutch unit, which has two subunits. One subunit is connected to the output shaft of an engine, and the other subunit is pre-mounted on the side of the transmission. Both subunits are coupled to one another via an axial plug-type connection, which includes meshing first profiles and second profiles.
Claims2
A clutch unit, comprising:
- at least two subunits, one subunit is connected to an output shaft of an engine and the other subunit is pre-mounted on a transmission side of the engine, both subunits are coupled to one another via an axial plug-type connection, which comprises first profile systems and second profile systems,
- a plurality of first tooth-shaped profiles forms the first profile systems and a plurality of second tooth shaped profiles forms the second profile systems, the first tooth-shaped profiles in meshed engagement with the second tooth-shaped profiles, wherein one of the first tooth-shaped profiles and the second tooth-shaped profiles is tensioned in a circumferential direction by a tensioning element, the tensioning element has a plurality of tensioning tooth-shaped profiles and is supported by a component which has the one of the first tooth-shaped profiles and the second tooth-shaped profiles, and wherein the tensioning element is tensioned with respect to the component in the circumferential direction by at least one energy store,
- wherein the one of the first tooth-shaped profiles and the second tooth-shaped profiles includes:
- a corresponding group of tooth-shaped profiles, the tensioning tooth-shaped profiles of the tensioning element and the corresponding group of tooth-shaped profiles being respectively arranged axially one next to the other, and
- further tooth-shaped profiles in the circumferential direction between the tensioning tooth-shaped profiles of the tensioning element, the further tooth-shaped profiles are at least partially offset axially relative to the corresponding group of tooth-shaped profiles in the direction of the tensioning tooth-shaped profiles of the tensioning element.
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