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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1995
Michael Grosse-Erdmann, Schweinfurt, DE;
Joseph L Bair, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Edwin Murray, Macomb, MI (US);
Gerda Rudolph, Sao Bernardo do Campo, BR;
Peter Doll, Troy, MI (US);
Heiko Schulz-Andres, Poppenhausen, DE;
George Traub, Ortonville, MI (US);
Reinhold Weidinger, Unterspiesheim, DE;
Fichtel & Sachs AG, Schweinfurt, DE;
Abstract
A friction clutch/flywheel assembly includes a flywheel with a predetermined diametral area designed to hold a preferably cylindrical wall of a basin-shaped clutch housing, so that the clutch housing does not rotate and is also secured against axial movement with respect to the flywheel. The assembly is designed so that there is a clamping device allocated to at least one of the flywheel or the clutch housing, which clamping device is designed to be located in the contact area between the cylindrical wall of the clutch housing and the predetermined diametral area of the flywheel. By means of this clamping device, the flywheel and clutch housing can be held in a non-positive connection with one another.