Dual clutch

A dual clutch for selectively connecting a drive shaft to a first transmission input shaft and a second transmission input shaft of a transmission, comprising:

• a first partial clutch having a first lever element;
• a second partial clutch having a second lever element;
• and
• an actuating device,
• wherein the first partial clutch is closed in a non-actuated state and for opening the first partial clutch, a tensile force is applied by the actuating device to the first lever element, and the second partial clutch is open in a non-actuated state and for closing the second partial clutch, a pressure force is applied by the actuating device to the second lever element, so that the tensile force used to actuate the first partial clutch is in opposition to the pressure force used to actuate the second partial clutch,
• the actuating device having two hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders including a first cylinder and a second cylinder arranged in a common housing, the first cylinder providing the tensile force to actuate the first partial clutch, and the second cylinder providing the pressure force to actuate the second partial clutch, whereby the tensile force exerted by the actuating device to open the first partial clutch and the pressure force exerted by the actuating device to close the second partial clutch are oppositely directed and neutralize each other so that no axial force is transmitted to the drive shaft,
• wherein each of the first cylinder and the second cylinder has two pressure chambers that are separated from each other, a first pressure chamber of the first cylinder connected to a first pressurized source and a first pressure chamber of the second cylinder being connected to a second pressurized source, a second pressure chamber of each of the first cylinder and the second cylinder being connected to a common outlet.