Fichtel & Sachs Ag

Andreas Gebauer

Bernhard Schierling

Jorg Sudau

Joachim Lindner

Hilmar Gobel

Heiko Schulz-Andres

Wolfgang Baier

Bernd Stockmann

Alfred Eusemann

Jens Schneider

Reinhart Deppert

A flywheel assembly has a first flywheel which is detachably connected to the crankshaft of a combustion engine, a second flywheel which can be rotated relative to the first, and a torque transformer, such as a hub disc, which is located in a chamber between the two flywheels, which chamber is filled with a viscous medium and which torque transformer is equipped with a torsion damping unit. The chamber is defined on that side facing the second flywheel by a cover plate, which encloses an air channel between it and the second flywheel, which air channel extends radially outward from a ventilation opening in the second flywheel. The torque transformer is provided radially outward from the ventilation opening with an annular surface, which annular surface extends preferably in the axial direction. The cover plate extends with its radially inward end in the radial direction to the annular surface and in the axial direction to the radially outer portion of the torque transformer, whereby the annular surface defines the maximum radial distance from the torque transformer to the ventilation opening for the change of direction of the air channel.

Flywheel assembly for a motor vehicle, the flywheel assembly having a

A system of fastening a flywheel on an output end of a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, the flywheel being combined into a single component with a clutch plate unit and a clutch disc. The fastening can be achieved with essentially axial joint surfaces on the output end on one hand, and on the flywheel on the other hand, wherein the joint surfaces are designed as tapered or cylindrical surfaces which are self-locking in the axial direction.

Transmission having a clutch with an arrangement for fastening the

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