Valeo Corporation

Paolo Viola

Michelle Sevennec

Michel Graton

Fabrice Tauvron

Jean-Pierre Giroire

Alain Lemaire

A clutch module (100) includes a cover plate (12), a diaphragm (14), a pressure plate (16), a friction disc (18) and a reaction plate (20) mounted on a support plate (22) and fixed to the cover plate (12), the cover plate (12) includes a set of fastening lugs (66) which extend axially from a peripheral edge (58) of the cover plate (12, 56), and each of which passes axially through a corresponding axially orientated passage (68, 168) formed at the periphery (70) of one of the support plate (22) and the reaction plate (20), so as to extend axially beyond (90) the radial face (72, 172) of the element and so as to be retained axially with respect to the reaction plate (20) or support plate (22).

Clutch module having improved means for fastening its cover plate on the

A clutch friction element having elongate elastic elements (24) interposed circumferentially between two guide washers (18) and a shell (20). Recesses (27), which the shell (20) has for the elongate elements (24), are open radially. The guide washers (18) are connected to each other by an arch (45) and, on the internal surface of this arch, a lining (46) of synthetic material is applied radially.

Clutch friction element, notably for a motor vehicle

Clutch module having a flywheel with ventilating fins

Clutch mechanism, especially for a motor vehicle

A torsion damper includes a main damper and a predamper, each of which includes a pair of guide rings and a damper plate between the guide rings. The guide rings and damper plate of the main damper, together with the damper plate of the predamper, are provided with access holes in axial register with each other and defining a common axis extending in the axial direction, so as to form an access passage to enable a fastening tool to be inserted through the axial passage. The torsion damper, constituting (with other components) a clutch module, can thus be secured directly to the crankshaft of a motor vehicle. The guide rings of the predamper are disposed radially outwardly of the common axis of the access holes.

Torsion damper especially for a motor vehicle

Clutch module having a cover plate snap-fitted to the flywheel

This relates to a clutch module of the kind comprising a mechanism (11), a clutch friction wheel (12), and a flywheel (13), the mechanism itself comprising a cover plate (14), a diaphragm (15) which engages on the cover plate (14), and a pressure plate (16A) on which the diaphragm (15) engages, while the flywheel (13) is constituted by a reaction plate (16) which is similar to the pressure plate (16A), together with a support plate (27) on which the cover plate (14) is fixed. According to the invention, the pressure plate (16A) is thicker at its outer periphery than at its inner periphery. Applicable to clutch modules, especially for motor vehicles.

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Paris, France

Paolo Viola