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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2002
Erwin Ziegler, Gressthal, DE;
Reinhold Weidinger, Unterspiesheim, DE;
Frank Hirschmann, Niederwerrn, DE;
Klaus Steinel, Bergrheinfeld, DE;
Wolfram Hick, Schwanfeld, DE;
Norbert Lohaus, Schweinfurt, DE;
Joachim Lindner, Dittelbrunn, DE;
ZF Sachs AG, Schweinfurt, DE;
Abstract
A transport-securing arrangement for a pressure plate assembly of a multi-disk clutch including a housing arrangement connectable to a flywheel, a pressure plate coupled to the housing arrangement for common rotation therewith, a stored-energy device having one side supported on the housing arrangement and another side supported on the pressure plate arrangement. The pressure plate assembly also includes an intermediate plate connected to the housing arrangement for common rotation therewith and a first clutch disk with a friction surface area positioned between the pressure plate and the intermediate plate. The transport-securing arrangement comprises a plurality of connecting elements, preferably bolt elements, for tightly connecting the intermediate plate to the housing arrangement.