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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jacques Thirion De Briel, Colombes, FR;
Andre Dalbiez, Argenteuil, FR;
Assignee:
Valeo, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1921 / ; 192 7014 ; 188 732 ;
Abstract
A friction clutch, especially for a motor vehicle, has a clutch friction wheel which includes a liner support disc having a central portion and a peripheral portion which is divided into blades, with friction liners being carried on both sides of the support disc and secured to these blades. At least some of the blades of the liner support disc are of tripod type, having at least one central support surface zone and two peripheral support surface zones. The central zone is connected firstly to the central portion of the support disc through a tangential fold, and secondly to the peripheral zones of the blade through oblique folds.