Volkswagen Ag

Borgwarner Inc.

Andreas Schmidt

Rainer Gerathewohl

Volker Becker

Ingo Steinberg

Fabian Kolze

Jörg Plogmann

Edmund Albrecht

A dual-mass flywheel includes a primary-side first sheet-metal shaped part configured to be fastened centrically with respect to an axis of rotation. The primary-side first sheet-metal shaped part contributes to a primary mass. A secondary-side second sheet-metal shaped part is mounted rotatably about the axis of rotation in relation to the primary-side first sheet-metal shaped part. The second sheet-metal shaped part contributes to a secondary mass. A torsion damper device connects the primary-side first sheet-metal shaped part and the secondary-side second sheet-metal shaped part to one another in a torsionally elastic manner. A mass ring with a large diameter contributes to the secondary mass. A sheet metal element connects the mass ring directly to the secondary-side second sheet-metal shaped part at a small diameter.

Dual-mass flywheel

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.

Axially fixed and adjustable drive plate

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Vlotho, Germany

Andreas Schmidt