Abstract: A housing for a multiplate clutch includes a toothed ring having a plurality of multiplate driver teeth arranged on an inner peripheral surface thereof distributed in the peripheral direction, and extending in a ring longitudinal direction. A flywheel disk is connected to the toothed ring at a first end of the same for common rotation. A cover is connected to the toothed ring at a second end of the same for common rotation. In this case, the toothed ring is connected to the flywheel disk by welding.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 16, 1999
Date of Patent:
November 7, 2000
Assignee:
Sachs Race Engineering GmbH
Inventors:
Udo Pinschmidt, Thomas Rudolf, Werner Selzam, Horst Friedrich, Claus Orth, Klaus Hofmann
Abstract: A friction clutch, in particular multidisk friction clutch, includes a wear compensation device arranged in the pressure force path of a diaphragm spring which forms the principal clutch spring. The wear compensation device is arranged between the diaphragm spring and a pressure plate which is rotatably fixed and axially movably arranged in a clutch housing. The wear compensation device has at least one pair of compensation elements that are axially expandable under the urgency of a spring element. The diaphragm spring is arranged so that it is liftable off of the compensation elements. The pressure plate is prestressed in the release direction by a ventilating spring system having a prestrssing force that is greater than the axial spreading force of the wear compensation device. A ventilating distance-limiting device is active between the pressure plate and the clutch housing and automatically readjusts to a predetermined fixed ventilating distance clearance when wear occurs in the clutch.
Abstract: The invention relates to a friction clutch in which an axial play is provided between an inner disk and a hub of a clutch disk. The axial play can be influenced by a device during assembly of the friction clutch in an engine and transmission of a motor vehicle drivetrain such that the hub is displaced, within the axial play, into the position in the axial play which lies closest to a flywheel of the friction clutch.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 12, 1999
Date of Patent:
June 6, 2000
Assignee:
Sachs Race Engineering GmbH
Inventors:
Klaus Hofmann, Thomas Rudolf, Horst Friedrich, Claus Orth, Werner Selzam
Abstract: A housing for a plate clutch having a toothed ring with a plurality of plate driving teeth which are arranged at an inner circumferential surface of the same so as to be distributed in the circumferential direction and which extend in a longitudinal direction of the ring. A flywheel is connected with the toothed ring at a first end of the same so as to rotate jointly therewith. A cover is connected with the toothed ring at a second end for joint rotation, wherein at least one of the flywheel and cover is connected with the toothed ring by a fastening arrangement. The fastening arrangement includes, in at least one of the plate driving teeth, a recess extending in the longitudinal direction of the ring and opening toward the one of either the flywheel and cover, and a fastening bolt element which is associated with this recess and which penetrates a fastening opening of either the flywheel or cover and projects into the associated recess.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 18, 1999
Date of Patent:
April 11, 2000
Assignee:
Sachs Race Engineering GmbH
Inventors:
Udo Pinschmidt, Thomas Rudolf, Werner Selzam, Claus Orth, Horst Friedrich, Klaus Hofmann