Zf Sachs Ag

Mannesmann Sachs Ag

Frank Hirschmann

Erwin Ziegler

Reinhold Weidinger

Joachim Lindner

Klaus Steinel

Norbert Lohaus

Wolfram Hick

Thomas Otto

Alfred Schraut

Marco Greubel

Ronald Beck

Herbert Voit

Winfried Sturmer

Sebastian Vogt

Manfred Wehner

Knut Welke

Hans-J&uuml;rgen Drexl

Christoph Kleuker

Barbara Ester

Winfried St&uuml;rmer

Armin Denner

Martin Pährisch

Klaus Neumann

Joachim Linder

Hubert Tremer

Alfred Amberger

J&uuml;rgen Liebler

J&ouml;rg Pankoke

Sebastian Bindig

Roland M&uuml;ller

Roland Muller

Sebastian Knorr

A drive system which has a drive unit with a drive shaft; a centrifugal mass arrangement, which is mounted on the drive shaft; and an electrical machine, comprising a stator arrangement and a rotor arrangement, where the rotor arrangement is mounted on the centrifugal mass arrangement, and where the stator arrangement and the rotor arrangement are adjacent to each other in the radial direction. So that optimum use can be made of the space available inside the drive unit, and so that the overall length of the drive unit required in the axial direction relative to the axis of rotation (A) can be kept as short as possible, the centrifugal mass arrangement has a contour such that, relative to the axis of rotation (A), a receiving space () is formed radially inside the electrical machine. The receiving space is bounded on at least one side by the centrifugal mass arrangement, and at least one additional component of the drive unit is installed in the receiving space.

Drive system, especially for a motor vehicle

A diaphragm spring for a friction clutch includes a ring-like body area and a plurality of spring tongues arranged at the inner edge in a row in a circumferential direction and extending radially inward from the body area. Openings are formed between adjacent spring tongues, each opening having a radially outer base area, at least one of the openings being limited in the circumferential direction by a wall area having a curvature which increases as the wall proceeds from the base area.

Diaphragm spring for a friction clutch

A pressure plate, which is connected to a housing arrangement for rotation in common around an axis of rotation, and a force-exerting arrangement preferably a force-storing device, is supported against the housing arrangement and the pressure plate so that it can exert force on them. At least one wear take-up element of a wear take-up device is provided in the path of support between the force-exerting arrangement and the pressure plate. The wear take-up element has a manually operated adjusting element, which is movably supported on the pressure plate and engages with the at least one wear take-up element so that this element can be shifted with respect to the assembly to compensate for the wear which has occurred.

Pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch

A diaphragm spring for a friction clutch includes a ring-like body area and a plurality of spring tongues arranged in a row in the circumferential direction and extending radially inward from the body area. A stiffening rib formed in at least one of the spring tongues extends radially into the body area.

A friction clutch for motor vehicles with a ring-shaped pressure plate with a more-or-less radially oriented, ring-shaped friction surface, which can be moved axially against a ring-shaped friction lining carried by a support plate. The ring-shaped friction surface consists of a radially inner, ring-shaped partial friction surface and an adjoining radially outer ring-shaped partial friction surface. The radially outer partial friction surface projects axially to a slight extent beyond the radially inner partial friction surface.

Friction clutch

Each clutch disk has a hub area designed to be connected nonrotatably to a power takeoff element and a friction surface area designed to be clamped between opposing friction surfaces. Each clutch disk has a torsional vibration damper arrangement including two cover disk elements connected to the hub area for rotation in common, and a central disk element connected to the friction surface area for rotation in common. The central disk element is or can be brought into torque-transmitting connection with the cover disk elements via a damper element arrangement. The central disk element has a damper element interaction area and, radially outside the damper element interaction area, a friction surface carrier area, which is offset with respect to the damper element interaction area in the direction of an axis of rotation.

Friction clutch, especially a multi-disk clutch

A pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch, which assembly includes a housing; a pressure plate connected to the housing for rotation in common around an axis of rotation and which is free to move axially with respect to the housing; a stored-energy device, which pretensions the pressure plate in the axial direction with respect to the housing; a wear-compensating device which acts in the path of support between the stored-energy device and at least one of the housing and the pressure plate and comprises at least one wear-compensating element which is free to move when wear occurs and/or when wear is compensated; an indicator arrangement, comprising at least one indicator opening in the housing and at least one indicator element on a wear-compensating element. The indicator element at least partially fills at least one indicator opening in at least one state of wear; information concerning the amount of wear which has occurred can be derived from the position of the indicator element relative to the minimum of one indicator opening.

A housing arrangement for a friction clutch, especially for a multi-disk clutch, where the housing arrangement is designed approximately in the shape of a cup and is provided with a bottom area and an edge area for connection to a flywheel. At least one air through-opening is provided in the bottom area, each opening being bounded by a front edge and a rear edge with respect to the direction of rotation, the front edge being axially offset toward the interior of the housing with respect to said rear edge.

Housing arrangement for a friction clutch

A transport-securing arrangement for a pressure plate assembly of a multi-disk clutch including a housing arrangement connectable to a flywheel, a pressure plate coupled to the housing arrangement for common rotation therewith, a stored-energy device having one side supported on the housing arrangement and another side supported on the pressure plate arrangement. The pressure plate assembly also includes an intermediate plate connected to the housing arrangement for common rotation therewith and a first clutch disk with a friction surface area positioned between the pressure plate and the intermediate plate. The transport-securing arrangement comprises a plurality of connecting elements, preferably bolt elements, for tightly connecting the intermediate plate to the housing arrangement.

Transport-securing arrangement for a pressure plate assembly of a multi-disk clutch

A pressure plate assembly for a multi-disk clutch includes a housing arrangement, a pressure plate mounted in the housing arrangement with freedom to move in the same direction as an axis of rotation but connected to the housing with essentially no freedom of rotation and an intermediate plate mounted in the housing arrangement with freedom to move in the same direction as the axis of rotation but connected to the housing with essentially no freedom of rotation. A release distance preset arrangement for the intermediate plate includes at least one sensing element on the intermediate plate which rests on an assembly which shifts position during the performance of a releasing movement of the pressure plate. The at least one sensing element allows the intermediate plate to execute a releasing movement corresponding to the shift of this assembly. The at least one sensing element contacting the assembly is pretensioned by an intermediate plate release force-generating arrangement acting on the intermediate plate. At least one rotational coupling projection is arranged on either the intermediate plate or the housing arrangement which fits in a rotational coupling recess the other of the intermediate plate or the housing arrangement to produce a rotational coupling between the intermediate plate and the housing arrangement.

Pressure plate assembly for a multi-disk clutch

Process for adjusting a friction clutch system

A pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch includes a housing for mounting to a centrifugal mass; a pressure plate, which is mounted in the housing with freedom to move in the same direction as that in which a rotational axis (A) extends; a stored-energy element; and a wear-compensating device, acting in the path of force transmission between the stored-energy element and the pressure plate, where the wear-compensating device has at least one adjusting element able to move in an adjusting direction to compensate for wear. A clearance-producing arrangement includes a gripping element provided on the pressure plate, which, when wear occurs, comes to rest or can be brought to rest against a blocking element, which is fixed or can be fixed in place relative to the housing arrangement. During or after the connection of the housing arrangement to the centrifugal mass arrangement, the blocking element arrives in or can be brought into a state in which it can enter into a blocking interaction with the associated gripping element.

Pressure plate assembly

On a housing for a pressure plate assembly of a friction clutch, at least one mass part is provided, especially a motion stop for a clearance-producing arrangement of the pressure plate assembly provided for detecting wear. An imbalance-compensating formation is provided on the housing, which compensates essentially completely for at least the one imbalance introduced by the at least one motion stop.

Housing arrangement for a pressure plate assembly, pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch

A release system for a clutch assembly comprises a release slide, which is or can be connected to a stored-energy element of the clutch assembly to execute release movements, and at least one brake element, which can move along with the release slide during the execution of release movements. This brake element can be brought into braking interaction with an opposing brake element which is or can be connected in an essentially nonrotatable manner to a clutch output shaft, where the release slide and the minimum of one brake element form a piston/cylinder unit with at least one fluid chamber. Pressure fluid is introduced into the minimum of one fluid chamber to produce a force which preloads or moves the minimum of one brake element relative to the release slide.

Release system for a clutch assembly

A process and a device for determining the friction lining wear in a friction clutch with a clutch housing and a pressure plate, which is arranged axially movably therein and presses a clutch disk equipped with friction linings against a flywheel of an internal combustion engine. Three detecting elements are arranged at a defined axial distance to each other, and rotate with the friction clutch and a sensor is arranged outside of the clutch housing for finding the axial position of each detecting element, whereby at least one detecting element is connected to the clutch housing and the two other detecting elements are connected to the pressure plate.

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Niederwerrn, Germany

Frank Hirschmann