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US 9,447,825 B2Granted
Clutch device
AssigneeBorgWarner Inc.
InventorsHans Juergen Hauck, Tobias Zacher
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Abstract
A clutch device for arrangement in a drive train of a motor vehicle between a drive unit and a transmission is provided. The clutch device may include a multiple-disk clutch arrangement for selective torque transfer between the drive unit and the transmission. The multiple-disk clutch arrangement may be actuable via a force transfer element supported on a disk carrier of the multiple-disk clutch arrangement.
Claims16
A clutch device, comprising:
- a multiple-disk clutch arrangement comprising a disk carrier;
- a force transfer element that actuates the multiple-disk clutch arrangement and that is supported by the disk carrier, wherein the force transfer element comprises an actuation finger which extends axially from a free end of the force transfer element so that it is perpendicular to the multiple-disk clutch arrangement;
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- a supporting element at least partly located between the force transfer element and the disk carrier at a location where the disk carrier supports the actuation finger.
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A clutch device, comprising:
- a multiple-disk clutch arrangement comprising a disk carrier;
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- a first force transfer element comprising a first actuating finger and a second force transfer element comprising a second actuating finger which each extend axially from a free end of the first and the second force transfer element so that they are perpendicular to the multiple-disk clutch arrangement and which extend through support elements latched with at least one of the disk carrier or the first or the second force transfer element.
A clutch device, comprising:
- a multiple-disk clutch arrangement comprising a disk carrier;
- a force transfer element that actuates the multiple-disk clutch arrangement and that is supported by the disk carrier, wherein the force transfer element comprises an actuation finger which extends axially from a free end of the force transfer element so that it is perpendicular to the multiple-disk clutch arrangement;
- wherein the force transfer element and the multiple-disk clutch arrangement together form a module for connection with an actuation device, wherein at least one of the module or the actuation device includes a bearing being interposed for rotary take-up decoupling;
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- wherein the module comprises a carrying tube supporting the disk carrier in a radial direction, the carrying tube being connectable to the actuation device.
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A clutch device, comprising:
- a multiple-disk clutch arrangement comprising a disk carrier;
- a force transfer element that actuates the multiple-disk clutch arrangement and that is supported by the disk carrier, wherein the force transfer element comprises an actuation finger which extends axially from a free end of the force transfer element so that it is perpendicular to the multiple-disk clutch arrangement;
- a supporting element at least partly located between the force transfer element and the disk carrier at a location where the disk carrier supports the force transfer element;
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- wherein the supporting element is latched with the actuation finger in a circumferential direction.
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A clutch device, comprising:
- a multiple-disk clutch arrangement comprising a disk carrier;
- a force transfer element that actuates the multiple-disk clutch arrangement and that is supported by the disk carrier, wherein the force transfer element comprises an actuation finger which extends axially from a free end of the force transfer element so that it is perpendicular to the multiple-disk clutch arrangement;
- a supporting element at least partly located between the force transfer element and the disk carrier at a location where the disk carrier supports the force transfer element;
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- wherein the actuation finger is supported by the disk carrier in a circumferential direction with at least a portion of the supporting element interposed therebetween.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.