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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2016
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Ralph Schimpf, Furth, DE;
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A friction clutch () with an inner ring () arranged about a rotary axis (d) and an outer ring () arranged coaxially in reference thereto, as well as an elastic intermediate ring () arranged between these two in a radially limited fashion, with the inner ring () and the intermediate ring () resting on each other via a ramp arrangement () arranged and acting bi-directionally in the circumferential direction. In order to embody the clutch () easily and cost-effectively, segments () pointing radially outwardly and arranged distributed over the perimeter form in connection with a radial displacement of the intermediate rings () relative to the outer ring () a positive connection () in the circumferential direction with the radial displacement of the intermediate ring () being provided with a ramp arrangement () effective in the axial direction and switched by an axial displacement of the inner ring () in reference to the intermediate ring ().