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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2016
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Patrick Lindemann, Wooster, OH (US);
David Smith, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Jeremiah Bauman, Orrville, OH (US);
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A clutch plate includes an annular body having inner and outer diameters and first and second parallel surfaces extending therebetween; and an integral resilient portion connected to the annular body by a first circumferentially extending tab and including third and fourth parallel surfaces extending at respective acute angles to the first and second parallel surfaces; and, wherein the resilient portion fourth surface includes an edge including the outer diameter; and an axial distance of the edge is greater than a thickness of the annular body when measured from the first surface.