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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1991
Richard A Flotow, Butler, IN (US);
Daniel V Gochenour, Churubusco, IN (US);
Dana Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
An anti-rattle device for a multiple disc friction clutch assembly also doubles as a clutch disc separator device. In a preferred form, the device is formed of spring steel, and is adapted to be received on a radially extending lug of a clutch plate. The device has an elongate body adapted to extend generally tangentially to the circumference of the clutch plate. The device includes a lug-receiving slot in one of two elongate boundary edges, and is adapted to be trapped between the circumferential contours of a clutch cover bracket and the clutch plate. The device is installed on the lug without special tools, and is retained on the lug solely by friction. This permits the device to slide axially on the lug under forces imposed by the flywheel as the linings of the friction discs wear, thereby permitting the device to reposition itself and to thus continue to be maximally effective for assuring axial separation of the friction discs during clutch disengagement over the entire useful life of the friction discs.