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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:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hartmut Hultsch, Kongisbrunn, DE;
Burkhard Pinnekamp, Augsburg, DE;
Assignee:
R E N K Aktiengesellschaft, Augsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 74 ; 440 75 ;
Abstract
A shiftable disk clutch or disk brake having two clutch parts which are rotatable relative to one another about a theoretical axis of rotation. One of the clutch parts has at least one rigid pressure disk which is connected with the clutch part so as to be fixed against movement and rigid. The other clutch part has at least two friction disks which are stiff in the circumferential direction and axially flexible in the manner of a diaphragm and are connected with this other clutch part so as to be fixed with respect to movement and rigid and are arranged on both sides of the pressure disk.