Gkn Driveline International Gmbh

Andreas Pottharst

Theodor Gassmann

Mark Schmidt

Kurt Müller

Kurt Mueller

A friction coupling assembly includes: an actuator in the form of a ball ramp assembly, a plate package, and a ball bearing. The actuator has two coaxial discs, wherein the faces of the two discs each have ball grooves of increasing depth. Pairs of opposed ball grooves hold balls to axially support the two discs. The plate package is arranged coaxially relative to the discs and has outer plates for fixing to a coupling carrier and inner plates for fixing to a coupling hub. The ball bearing is for axially supporting the at least one rotatingly drivable disc, wherein a first bearing race of the ball bearing is integrally formed with the at least one rotatingly drivable disc.

Friction coupling with actuator and a ball bearing

A friction coupling assembly includes: a ball ramp assembly () with two coaxial discs (), wherein the faces () of the two discs () each have ball grooves () of increasing depth, wherein pairs of opposed ball grooves hold balls to axially support the two discs (); a plate package () arranged coaxially relative to the discs () and having outer plates () for fixing to a coupling carrier () and inner plates () for fixing to a coupling hub (); and a plate spring () for introducing force into the plate package (), the plate spring () is arranged coaxially relative to the discs (), is axially pretensioned and, functionally, is arranged in series with the plate package ().

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