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Christoph Kleuker

Reinhard Feldhaus

Jörg Sudau

Andreas Orlam&uuml;nder

Andreas Orlamünder

Sebastian Vogt

Bernd Peinemann

Cora Carlson

Ingrid Hoffelner

Andreas Dau

Michael Peterseim

Paul Kraus

G&uuml;nther Esly

Matthias Diemer

Steffen Matschas

Markus Heiartz

Hartmut Bach

Matthias D&ouml;rfler

Albert Kammermeier

Ralf Till

Gerhard R&ouml;ll

Olaf Pagels

Wolfgang Großpietsch

Alexander Bartha

Georg Zink

Guido Schmitt

Udo Niehaus

Gerhard Roll

Sebastian Bindig

Sebastian Knorr

Matthias Tögel

A drive unit for a hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine with a crankshaft, a friction clutch with a pressure plate, which can be moved in the axial direction by an actuating arrangement, with a clutch plate, and with a clutch disk arrangement, positioned between these first two components and is connected to the crankshaft. The drive unit also includes an electric machine, which is arranged between the internal combustion engine and the friction clutch, with a stator attached to a stator carrier and with a rotor. The friction clutch comprises a clutch hub, which serves to create at least an indirect connection of the clutch disk arrangement to the crankshaft is detachably connected to the clutch disk arrangement outside the radial dimension of the pressure plate and the clutch plate. An assembly method for assembling such a drive unit is also described, where a preassembled unit including at least the electric machine and the friction clutch is attached to an internal combustion engine.

Drive unit for a hybrid vehicle and method of assembly

An actuating device for a friction clutch device installed in the drive train of a motor vehicle introduces actuating forces, especially clutch-engaging or clutch-releasing forces, to the friction clutch device to actuate at least one friction clutch of the friction clutch device in the engaging or releasing direction. At least one actuating element assigned to a friction clutch can be shifted axially relative to at least one support element, which is essentially fixed in the axial direction, to exert the actuating forces. The actuating element belongs to an actuator assigned to the clutch or can be shifted axially relative to the support element by the intermediate action of an actuator assigned to the clutch. The actuating element and the support element engage with each other in such a way that a rotational movement of the actuating element relative to the nonrotatably supported support element, this movement being imparted by the intermediate action of the actuator, is converted to an axial translational movement of the actuating element relative to the axially supported support element.

Actuating device for a friction clutch device, possibly a dual or multiple friction clutch device

A crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, which is supported with freedom to rotate around an axis of rotation , can be connected by a first clutch to a flywheel , which is also supported with freedom to rotate around the axis of rotation . In addition, the flywheel can be connected by a second clutch to a transmission shaft , also supported with freedom to rotate around the axis of rotation . The flywheel is provided with at least one permanent magnet and thus forms the rotor of a crankshaft starter-generator. The pole fields of the permanent magnets can be moved past the stator coil of a stator of the crankshaft starter-generator, this coil being mounted on a stationary component. Each of the first and the second clutches has its own separately operated actuating means and can be engaged and disengaged either independently of each other or in common.

Clutch unit for a motor vehicle

A leaf spring arrangement, especially for connecting a pressure plate to a housing, comprises a plurality of adjacent leaf spring elements, where each leaf spring element has a first attachment area for establishing the connection the pressure plate, a second attachment area for establishing the connection to the housing, and a connecting area extending between the first attachment area and the second attachment area. At least certain areas of at least two of the leaf spring elements are spaced apart between their first attachment area and their second attachment area.

Leaf spring arrangement, especially for attaching the pressure plate of a pressure plate assembly to a housing

A pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch includes a housing arrangement and a pressure plate arrangement, which is held by at least one leaf spring arrangement with freedom of axial movement relative to the housing arrangement. The at least one leaf spring arrangement is fixed by a first attachment area to a first fastening area of the pressure plate arrangement and by a second attachment area to a second fastening area of the housing arrangement. The end area of the first fastening area and/or the second fastening area curves away from the minimum of one leaf spring arrangement, this end area being located in the area along which the at least one leaf spring arrangement extends.

Pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch

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Christoph Kleuker