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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2018
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Vladimir Merk, Bühl, DE;
Christophe Acker, Gambsheim, FR;
Sebastien Morel, Offendorf, FR;
Alexander Obitz, Bühl, DE;
Marc Helfer, Ottrott, FR;
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A friction clutch for coupling a drive shaft of a motor vehicle engine to a transmission input shaft of a motor vehicle transmission includes a lamina, an axially movable contact plate, and a plurality of friction disks. The lamina has a first friction surface facing in a first axial direction, and a second friction surface facing in a second axial direction, opposite the first axial direction. The contact plate has a plurality of holders arranged to hold the lamina. Each of the holders forms a positive connection with the lamina in the circumferential direction, and each of the first friction surface and the second friction surface is frictionally connectible to a friction disk to transmit torque. A first friction disk is arranged to be positioned between a counter plate and the lamina, and a second friction disk is positioned between the lamina and the contact plate.