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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jorg Sudau, Niederwerrn, DE;
Assignee:
Mannesmann Sachs AG, Schweinfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 7027 ; 192 7028 ;
Abstract
A device for preventing torque peaks generated by an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle from being introduced into its drive train. The device is connectable to the internal combustion engine via a friction clutch which is frictionally engaged on a flywheel mass. The friction clutch is arranged in a clutch housing which is fixedly connected with the flywheel mass so that said clutch housing rotates with said flywheel mass. A pressing plate is urged into frictional engagement with the friction clutch by a first spring element. The pressing plate is also frictionally engaged with the housing via a second spring element.