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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:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Karl-Ludwig Kimmig, Bühl-Waldmatt, DE;
Assignee:
LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau GmbH, Buhl, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/375 ; F16D 1/350 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/375 ; F16D 1/350 ;
Abstract
A friction clutch wherein a damper which operates with friction between the housing and the clutch spring serves to minimize or to prevent axial stray movements of the diaphragm spring relative to the housing. This eliminates chatter and/or other forms of noise which unrestricted axial oscillatory movements of the diaphragm can cause in a conventional friction clutch or in a power train employing a conventional friction clutch.