Abstract: A twin clutch apparatus includes a first clutch, a second clutch, and a clutch outer member shared by the first and second clutches. The clutch outer member has groove portions formed therein having a width that gradually increases towards an open-end side of the clutch outer member. A width of each protruding portion formed in friction plates of the second clutch disposed towards the open-end side of the clutch outer member is greater than a width of each protruding portion formed in friction plates of the first clutch disposed towards a closed-end side of the clutch outer member. The twin clutch apparatus, during operation thereof, is operable to control a clearance between groove portions of the clutch outer member and protruding portions of friction plates within a desirable range, to reduce force and sound produced by an impact between the clutch outer member and the friction plates.

Abstract: A clutch member of a torque converter of an automatic transmission fitted slidingly with a splined connection between a number of extending teeth of the clutch member and channels of a torque converter housing configured to slidingly engage the teeth. At least two of the teeth are elongated for a distance beyond engagement with a base of the respective engaging channels and bent at right angles to the original tooth extension direction. The extent of parallel engagement of the bent tooth and base of the channel of the splined connection is significantly increased and fretting wear between the teeth and the channels of the housing is reduced or eliminated.

Abstract: A twin clutch device wherein a second clutch is arranged coaxially and radially inside of a first clutch outer which forms an annular plate portion. One clutch inners of both clutches is arranged between a clutch member which constitutes a portion of the outer of the first and second clutches and an annular plate portion. Lifter pins have axes arranged parallel to a rotary axis of first and second clutches and axially movably penetrate both clutch inners to bring one ends thereof into contact with pressure plates. First and second drive control members are capable of applying control forces to disconnect the first and second clutches against spring forces of first and second clutch springs. A second clutch outer is rotated together with the first clutch outer and is arranged coaxially with the first clutch. A pair of clutch outers are connected in a relatively non-rotatable manner with each other.

Abstract: A dual ratio drive for a rotary sheer comprises a parallel pair of first shafts carrying freely rotatable first gears. A pair of second shafts are rotatable about axes parallel to the axes of the first shafts. Each second shaft carries a shear blade, and a second gear in meshed relationship with one of the first gears. A drive shaft is connectable to one of the second shafts by a first gear set having a high speed ratio, and is connectable to one of the first shafts by a second gear set having a low speed ratio. A clutch alternately engages one or the other of the first and second gear sets to drive the second shafts and their respective shear blades at the different speeds.

Abstract: Lubricating oil supply holes are drilled into a first member that is fitted to a plurality of first annular plates by a spline. Of splines to which each lubricating oil supply hole corresponds, lubricating oil grooves provided in the plurality of first annular plates do not overlap the splines on at least one of the front and rear surfaces of the first annular plates, and therefore lubricating oil flowing out of the lubricating oil supply holes is dispersed in a circumferential direction and flows from the inner periphery to the outer periphery of the first annular plates, rather than gathering in each lubricating oil groove and flowing in an outer peripheral direction. As a result, a force generated by an axial lubricating oil flow, which acts in a direction for causing the second annular plates to contact friction materials on the first annular plates, is suppressed, leading to a reduction in drag torque.

Abstract: A driving force transmitting apparatus includes: a first torque-transmitting member having a cylindrical portion and provided with a spline tooth; a second torque-transmitting member positioned inside the cylindrical portion and arranged coaxially rotatably relative to the first torque-transmitting member; a main clutch with a spline tooth; an actuator unit for actuating the main clutch to be engaged; and a controlling device for controlling the actuator unit so as to pressurize the main clutch plate in such a manner that torque is not substantially transmitted between the first torque-transmitting member and the second torque-transmitting member when the engagement of the main clutch is judged to be unnecessary.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multiplate wet clutch with a rotatable clutch hub which is rotationally fixedly connected to a plurality of inner plates which can be placed in frictional engagement with outer plates of an associated clutch cage, wherein the multiplate wet clutch has at least one fluid inlet opening which permits a fluid flow out of a fluid supply space to the plates. Arranged in the fluid flow path between the fluid inlet opening and the plates is at least one particle retention device.

Abstract: A vehicle clutch includes a clutch outer member, a clutch inner member, and a clutch center member movable in an axial direction between a first position and a second position. A cam mechanism is provided between the clutch inner and outer members. The cam mechanism generates an axial pulling force for moving the clutch center member to the first position when positive torque acts on the clutch inner member from the clutch center member.

Abstract: An outer housing for a clutch assembly that allows for the housing to be placed over an already assembled multi-disc clutch pack. The outer housing incorporates a plurality of internally splined grooves, a lead-in chamfer to assist in the alignment of the center line between the housing and the center line of the clutch pack, and an index chamfer on elevated ridges that reside between the splined grooves to assist in the alignment of the splined teeth of outer clutch plates in the assembled clutch pack with said splined grooves.

Abstract: A control element for opening and closing a drive connection between a first member and a second member includes a first ring engaged with the first member, displaceable among a disengaged position, a stroked position and an engaged position and formed with first serrations, a second ring engaged with the first member and including second serrations, a third ring engaged with the second member and including third serrations for alternately engaging with and disengaging from the first and second serrations, and a detent for resisting displacement of the first ring relative to the second ring when the first ring is in the stroked position and permitting displacement of the first ring relative to the second ring when the first ring moves from the stroked position to the engaged position.

Abstract: A clutch device for an automatic transmission, including a clutch drum supporting frictional coupling elements, a clutch piston disposed radially outwardly of the clutch drum, and a rotary speed sensor disposed radially outwardly of the clutch piston to detect a rotating speed of the clutch piston. The clutch piston has an inner spline for engagement with an outer spline of the clutch drum to prevent relative rotation between the clutch piston and the clutch drum, and further has a plurality of recesses formed in an outer circumferential surface thereof and corresponding to respective teeth of the inner spline, and a plurality of oil holes formed therethrough at an axial position of the clutch device at which the rotary speed sensor is located. The recesses and the oil holes are equally spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the clutch piston.

Abstract: A clutch drum for a multi-plate clutch in an automatic transmission is provided at an inner periphery thereof with splines by which friction plates are engaged. Each of the splines has a tooth tip having two circumferential ends. Only one of the circumferential ends of the tooth tip has a curved surface. The splines of the clutch drum may be formed by form rolling using a tooth forming tool including a tooth root. The tooth root may have a circumferentially leading end and a circumferentially trailing end in a rotational direction, with only the circumferentially leading end having a curved surface.

Abstract: A transmission housing for an automatic transmission that includes a first and second plurality of circumferentially spaced inwardly extending sets of protrusions connected to an inner surface of the transmission housing configured to engage clutch assemblies of a planetary transmission. The sets of protrusions are offset from each other.

Abstract: A second clutch piston formed of a plurality of members including a cylindrical cylinder member, a disc-shaped bottom plate member that fits in one end portion of that cylinder member, and a snap ring, has a plurality of long positioning protrusions provided on an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder member. By abutting the disc-shaped bottom plate member against end surfaces of these positioning protrusions, the bottom plate member can be fit into the one end portion of the cylinder member without having to provide notches therein, which enables durability against a pulling force generated in the cylinder member when the friction apply device is applied to be maintained.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a clutch housing which accommodates therein a plurality of clutch plates adapted to be engaged together so as to transmit a torque, wherein a drum portion and a boss portion can be integrally formed from a plate material so as to form a thick portion having a thickness of not less than approximately 1.3 times as large as that of the plate material and a thin portion having a thickness of not greater than approximately ½ of that of the plate material.

Abstract: A coupling assembly including an annular housing, an inner member and a plurality of coupling components is provided. The coupling components include a coupling pack, an actuator and springs between the actuator and the inner member. A set of retainers in the form of retaining tabs hold the coupling components as well as the inner member within the housing.

Abstract: A coupling assembly includes an annular housing, an inner member and a coupling pack including first and second sets of discs that alternate with each other and respectively have connections to the annular housing and the inner member. An actuator compresses the coupling pack to rotationally couple the annular housing and the inner member to each other about a central axis. One or more springs is received within the second set of discs between the actuator and the inner member for decompressing the coupling pack to rotationally decouple the annular housing and the inner member from each other about the central axis. A set of retainers in the form of retaining tabs hold the coupling pack, the actuator, the spring(s) and the inner member within the housing.

Abstract: A multiplate clutch outer part is formed by pressing a steel plate. The multiplate clutch outer part includes: an end wall portion; and a cylindrical portion having its one end formed continuously with the outer peripheral end of the end wall portion, and opened at the other end. A bottom face of each of outer grooves is formed to be an inclined face which is getting far away from an axis of the cylindrical portion toward the open end of the cylindrical portion. Arc faces formed at inner corners of each of the outer grooves has an increasing radius of curvature toward the open end of the cylindrical portion. Thus, there is provided a multiplate clutch outer part for which press working capable of minimizing ironing resistance can be performed to reduce defective forming rate.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a torque converter includes a two-piece cover, an impeller, a turbine, and a lockup clutch. The two-piece cover includes a base plate that is configured for attachment to a drive member. The base plate has a plurality of lugs around the periphery thereof, and at least some of the lugs have straight flanks. The two-piece cover also includes a cylindrical wall piece that is fixed to the base plate. The impeller is fixed to the cylindrical wall piece. The turbine is rotationally mounted between the impeller and the cover and is configured for attachment to a driven member. The lockup clutch is configured to lock the impeller and cover to the turbine when a fluid pressure applied to the lockup clutch increases above a torque converter lockup pressure.

Abstract: A hub for a clutch disk arrangement having a friction lining unit with a radially inner set of teeth, the hub including a hub element which can be connected non-rotatably to a shaft; a torque-transmitting arrangement connected to the hub element and having a radially outer set of teeth; and a ring-shaped connecting element made of sheet metal and having a plurality of axially extending tabs and a plurality of openings between the tabs. The outer teeth of the torque transmitting arrangement and the inner teeth of the friction lining unit engage in the openings so that torque can be transmitted from the friction lining element to the hub. The connecting element is preferably fixed to the torsional vibration damper and the inner teeth are preferably axially moveable in the openings so that the friction lining unit can move axially with respect to other friction lining units in a multi-disk clutch.

Abstract: The invention relates to a power transmission unit, in particular a multiple disk clutch or friction brake, in which a disk carrier that has at least one disk, which has external teeth and is fastened to it in a non-rotating fashion, which disk carrier, in a cylinder section and oriented toward the disk, has axial grooves and axial ribs distributed over the circumference in alternating fashion and is connected to a hub on one side by means of a drive plate spaced axially apart from the disks; a non-rotatable connection between the drive plate and the disk carrier is produced by means of plug-in teeth in order to transmit a torque. The object of the invention is to propose a power transmission unit (1) in which the axial space is reduced.

Abstract: In a multi-disk clutch comprising a rotary body having splines formed thereon so as to extend helically along the surface thereof, with a number of disks having central openings with inwardly projecting teeth via which the discs are in rotationally positively locking engagement with the rotary body, the teeth are twisted so as to extend in a plane normal to the surface of the helically extending splines of the rotary body so that the end face areas of the teeth are in planar contact with the spline surfaces of the rotary body for the transmission of torque between the rotary body and the disks.

Abstract: A drum assembly for use with a coupling arrangement includes an outer member and an inner member that is mountable on the outer member. The outer member includes first and second annular portions and an intermediate portion extending between the annular portions. The first annular portion has a first mating surface that defines a first opening having a first diameter, the second annular portion defines a second opening having a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter, and the intermediate portion defines a shoulder. The inner member includes a generally radially extending portion having a generally axially facing surface and a second mating surface that is engageable with the first mating surface to interlock the inner and outer members together. When the inner member is mounted on the outer member, the radially extending portion extends into the first opening, and the generally axially facing surface engages the shoulder.

Abstract: A clutch hub provided with a side wall at an end of a cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion is formed to have convexed and concaved portions to serve as a spline and an oil passage is formed on a tooth of the spline. An oil dam is formed by plastic deformation on the inner peripheral surface of the tooth of the spline with the oil passage formed thereon at a position separated from an open end by a predetermined distance, concaved grooves are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the spline with the oil dam formed thereon.

Abstract: Three external tooth wet friction materials are each composed of an external tooth plate and a lining adhered to one surface thereof along an entire circumference. Three internal tooth wet friction materials are each composed of an internal tooth plate and a lining adhered to one surface thereof along an entire circumference. Then, the three external tooth wet friction materials and the three internal tooth wet friction materials are disposed side by side so as to constitute a multi-plate frictional engagement apparatus. A thickness of the internal tooth plate is made thinner in view of its good heat discharge capability, and the thickness of the external tooth plate is made thicker by that much.

Abstract: An automatic transmission includes a clutch drum formed, by press forming, with splines including recessed portions and raised portions, and engaging with clutch plates; and a rotational speed measuring device configured to measure a rotational speed of the clutch drum, and including a surface sensing device disposed outside an outer surface of the clutch drum, and configured to sense movement of the recessed portions and the raised portions of the splines. The clutch drum includes first openings each formed in one of the recessed portions recessed radially inwards, and each confronting the clutch plates radially.

Abstract: An indexing drive device for periodic stopping and starting of a rotating output is provided, which includes: (a) a driven cog, wherein the driven cog comprises: (i) a plurality of outer surfaces equally spaced around a periphery of the driven cog; and (ii) a plurality of driven lobes equally spaced around the driven cog; (b) a driving cog adapted to be cooperatively positioned to engage with the driven cog, wherein the driving cog comprises: (i) at least two driving lobes, whereby the driving lobes on the driving cog engage the driven lobes of the driven cog during a turning cycle of the driven cog; and (ii) a semi-circular disc that mates with one of the outer surfaces during a dwell cycle of the driven cog that holds the driven cog in a fixed position during the dwell cycle, wherein the disc has a blank section in the region of the driving lobes to allow the driven cog to turn during a turning cycle of the driven cog.

Abstract: An arrangement for axially supporting two jointly rotating components (2, 3) by way of a snap ring (6) having two displaceable impacting ends (6a, 6b), which are separated from each other by a peripheral gap (7), and which can move in the region of a radial spring path. The snap ring (6) is inserted into an annular groove of the supporting component (2). The supporting component (3) comprises one ramp (8, 9) in the region of the radial spring path of the impacting ends (6a, 6b) of the snap ring (6).

Abstract: A multiplate clutch outer part is formed by pressing a steel plate. The multiplate clutch outer part includes: an end wall portion; and a cylindrical portion having its one end formed continuously with the outer peripheral end of the end wall portion, and opened at the other end. A bottom face of each of outer grooves is formed to be an inclined face which is getting far away from an axis of the cylindrical portion toward the open end of the cylindrical portion. Arc faces formed at inner corners of each of the outer grooves has an increasing radius of curvature toward the open end of the cylindrical portion. Thus, there is provided a multiplate clutch outer part for which press working capable of minimizing ironing resistance can be performed to reduce defective forming rate.

Abstract: A transmission assembly in accordance with the invention includes a plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms. A hub member of the assembly includes a radially extending wall, and a circumferentially extending wall formed integrally with the radially extending wall. The circumferentially extending wall includes a first plurality of internal splines, a second plurality of external splines spaced with the internal splines, and a cylindrical end portion at a distal end of the hub and terminating both the internal splines and the external splines to prevent failure in high speed operations. A plurality of clutch plates associated with one of the plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms are splined to the external splines of the hub member, and a plurality of clutch plates associated with another one of the plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms are splined to the internal splines of the hub member.

Abstract: A dual clutch transmission with an axially parallel clutches that includes a disc support having a first circumferential groove, a backing plate having a corresponding second circumferential groove, and an annular spring element adapted to concurrently fit within the first circumferential groove and the second circumferential groove to cause the backing plate to be axially immobilized with respect to the disc support.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-plate clutch comprising drive plates which are coaxially disposed within a clutch housing and to which friction materials are fixed, driven plates which are alternately arranged with the drive plates and a piston having an urging surface for providing an axial load to engage the drive plates and the driven plates with each other and wherein a plurality of urging portions protruding toward the driven plate are formed on the urging surface of the piston and the urging portions are provided in correspondence to an arrangement of spline projections provided on an outer periphery of the driven plate un-equidistantly along a circumferential direction.

Abstract: A multiplate wet clutch has a first clutch portion comprising at least a first engaging element and a first engaged element, which are alternately arranged, a second clutch portion comprising at least a second engaging element and a second engaged element and a piston which fastens and releases engagements between the first and second engaging elements and the first and second engaged elements. The piston presses the first and the second clutch portions.

Abstract: A piston support housing for a transmission assembly includes a plurality of axially-extending finger portions engaging a plurality of spline portions formed in a corresponding transmission case, and a plurality of friction plates are assembled adjacent the piston support housing such that the finger portions extend circumjacent peripheral edges of the friction plates. The friction plates include a plurality of torque-transmitting spline portions disposed circumferentially intermediate the finger portions. The friction plates also include a plurality of recesses disposed with one adjacent each of the finger portions to preclude contact between the finger portions and the friction plates thereby preventing torque-transmission through the finger portions to the transmission case.

Abstract: A clutch housing assembly for use in vehicle drivelines includes at least one strengthening member at an open end of the housing. The strengthening member preferably is formed by cutting away portions of the housing near the open end and then deforming the remaining portions. The deformed portions preferably are folded over and against a surface of the housing near the open end. The strengthening members provide additional strength to the housing at the open end to resist deformations that may otherwise occur because of forces incident on the assembly during operation of the vehicle driveline.

Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus, which can simultaneously achieve radial size reduction and improve strength of the driving clutch plate, has a clutch housing (2) and a plurality of driving clutch plates (6) each having projections (6a) projecting radially outward from the periphery of the driving clutch plate (6). The projections (6a) engages the clutch housing (2) to rotate with it. A clutch member (4) has a plurality of driven clutch plates (7) alternately arranged between the driving clutch plates (6). A pressure plate (5) is provided to carry out the pressure-contact or release of the driving clutch plates (6) relative to the driven clutch plates (7). Each of the driving clutch plates (6) has a peripheral surface (?), a projected wall surface (?), of the projections (6a), and a connecting surface (?). Each connecting surface (?) connects the projected wall surfaces (?) and the peripheral surface (?).

Abstract: A high performance clutch pack for use in the high gear clutch of a POWERGLIDE transmission is disclosed. The present clutch pack is disposed in a modified clutch drum including fluid exhaust vents to reduce piston drag and weight reduction features for accommodating up to ten friction disks and eleven steel disks representing a 150 percent increase in holding force in comparison to the stock POWERGLIDE clutch pack, which typically provides only four friction disks and five steel disks. In one embodiment the steel disks include elliptically shaped holes at predetermined locations for imparting turbulence to the flow of transmission fluid within the clutch pack and also feature anti-drag spacers for reducing parasitic drag during freewheeling. The clutch pack is actuated by a modified clutch piston having an increased stroke correlated to the increased number of friction disks delivering maximum holding force with minimal increase in rotating mass.

Abstract: A drum assembly for use with a coupling arrangement includes an outer member and an inner member that is mountable on the outer member. The outer member includes first and second annular portions connected together. The first annular portion has a first mating surface that defines a first opening having a first diameter, and the second annular portion defining a second opening having a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter. The inner member includes a generally radially extending portion and a flange portion extending generally axially from the radially extending portion. The radially extending portion includes a second mating surface that is engageable with the first mating surface to interlock the inner and outer members together. When the inner member is mounted on the outer member, the radially extending portion extends into the first opening, and the flange portion extends into the second opening.

Abstract: A multi-plate clutch, particularly for a dual clutch transmission, has at least one clutch housing alternately holds externally and internally toothed plate disks, a hub arranged at the end face on the clutch housing. The hub has a central opening for receiving a gear shaft and openings disposed to reduce weight. Additional openings are provided in the lateral surface of the clutch basket, with at least a portion of the openings distributed over at least a section of the configured as triangular recesses.

Abstract: A multiple disk clutch device for arrangement in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle between a drive unit and a transmission, includes at least an inner and an outer disk clutch arrangement that are radially staggered and associated with a transmission input shaft of the transmission. Each of the plural clutch disk arrangements includes a set of disks, the set of disks have an outer disk associated with an outer disk carrier and an inner disk associated with an inner disk carrier. The outer disks are operable to mutually engage the inner disks in a driving arrangement. Each of the plural disk sets includes at least one disk having a lining and at least one disk being unlined where one of the inner and outer disks of the inner and the outer disk clutch arrangements of the plural disk clutch arrangements is the lined disk.

Abstract: A splined connection comprises a shaft with longitudinal radially outwardly protruding ridges and intermediate grooves, a hub provided with correspondingly shaped ridges and intermediate grooves and is adapted to being fitted in engagement with the shaft ridges and grooves to provide between the shaft and the hub a connection region causing the shaft and hub to rotate together. A sealing arrangement adapted to close off the connection region. The sealing arrangement comprises two annular sealing elements applied at an axial distance from one another and adjacent to the connection region so that the sealing elements are each in continuous contact with a surface of the shaft around the whole of their inner radial surface and in continuous contact with a surface of the hub around the whole of their outer radial surface.

Abstract: A snap ring having improved retention characteristics is configured for use inside a cylindrical cavity. The cavity includes a retention device having a retention surface forming an obtuse angle with the cavity wall. As an axial load is applied to the snap ring, it moves along the retention surface, thereby experiencing a reduction in diameter. The snap ring includes a circumferential discontinuity defined by two generally radial planar surfaces, or ring ends. The discontinuity is configured such that the ring ends will abut one another before the snap ring diameter is reduced beyond the retaining diameter.

Abstract: A power takeoff having an output shaft, an output gear and a connect-disconnect clutch mechanism for connecting the output gear to the output shaft, the clutch mechanism, including a clutch hub, a disc stack slidably mounted between the output gear and the clutch hub and a piston for compressing the disc stack-thereby to bring the output shaft into rotatable engagement with the transmission of an engine; in which the clutch hub is normally biased by a spring away from the piston but is confined by snap rings to limit the hub's movement along the output shaft in such a manner so that substantially no operational force is placed on the snap rings during compression of the disc stack.

Abstract: A torque-transmitting mechanism has a plurality of friction plates, which are forced into engagement by a fluid-operated piston and reacted in engagement by a backing plate. The backing plate is assembled on a rotatable shaft to be aligned with splines on the shaft to prevent axial removal of the backing plate without rotation thereof which is restricted due to a spline engagement between the backing plate and the shaft.

Abstract: A multiple disc clutch apparatus, comprises a plurality of externally splined annular friction plates, to one side surface only of each externally splined annular friction plate being fixed a friction material, and each externally splined annular friction plate being formed with engagement teeth at an outer periphery, a plurality of internally splined annular friction plates, to one side surface only of each internally splined annular friction plate being fixed a friction material, and each internally splined annular friction plate being formed with engagement teeth at an inner periphery. The externally splined friction plate and the internally splined friction plate are alternately arranged in a direction in which the frictional materials are not overlapped each other.

Abstract: A dry multiple-disk clutch for transmitting power from the crankshaft of a motorcycle to a transmission input shaft and cutting off power transmission includes an outer clutch member interlocked with the crankshaft so as to be driven for rotation, a plurality of driving friction disks interlocked with the outer clutch member, a plurality of driven friction disks alternated with the driving friction disks and interlocked with the transmission input shaft, and a pressure member disposed opposite to the outer clutch member with the driving and the driven friction disks arranged alternately between the outer clutch member and the pressure member, and capable of moving in opposite axial direction to compress the driving and the driven friction disks together and to disengage the driven friction disks from the driving friction disks.

Abstract: A housing for a vehicle component and a method for making the same. The housing comprises a housing body having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The outer wall of the housing is formed with a plurality of longitudinal splines and a plurality of longitudinal troughs located between confronting splines. A spiral groove is cut into the interior surface of the outer wall so as to remove material sufficient to engage at least one of the troughs thereby forming a plurality of apertures having a closed periphery and extending longitudinally along the outer wall.

Abstract: A friction disc in a tandem frictional engagement device, that is spline-fitted to a first coupling members is pressed by a first piston in a first direction, wherein the friction disc and another friction disc on the side of a first coupled member are clamped between the first piston and a first stopper member. A friction disc that is spline-fitted to a second coupling member is pressed by a second piston in an opposite direction, wherein the friction disc and another friction disc on the side of a second coupled member are clamped between the second piston and a second stopper member. A leading end of a first fitting portion of the first coupling member to which the friction disc is spline-fitted is the second stopper member and substantially abuts a second fitting portion of the second coupling member to which the friction disc is spline-fitted.

Abstract: A disk carrier assembly for a multi-disk clutch includes a drive plate having a plurality of radially extending load teeth and a plurality of radially extending bearing teeth alternately disposed about the circumference of the drive plate. A disk carrier is included that has an axially cylinder segment with a plurality of axial protrusions that extend radially inward and are alternately disposed about the segment with plurality of axial grooves that extend radially outward. The axial grooves are adapted to radially retain a plurality of clutch disks while allowing operative axial movement. The plurality of axial protrusions further include a plurality of axial load protrusions alternately disposed between a plurality of axial bearing protrusions, each of the axial load protrusion have a load tooth cutout formed on its axial end and each of the axial bearing protrusion have an elongated area with an annular retaining groove.

Abstract: A disk-packet unit comprising a pre-tensioned disk packet for mounting on guide elements in a transmission component. The packet comprises at least two adjacent elements that form frictional surfaces, which can be intercoupled in a frictional engagement by means of an intermediate element that forms a frictional surface and comprises an auxiliary mounting device. At least one spring device is located between at least two adjacent elements that form frictional surfaces. The auxiliary mounting device comprises a sleeve element and a tensioning device. The elements that form frictional surfaces are carried on the sleeve element and the latter comprises a stop. The tensioning device can be detachably connected to the sleeve element and produces a force for pre-tensioning the disk packet.