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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2005
Hans Juergen Hauck, Karlsruhe, DE;
Michael Schaefer, Schwetzingen, DE;
Johannes Heinrich, Friedrichsdorf, DE;
Dietmar Strauss, Kraichtal, DE;
Hans Juergen Hauck, Karlsruhe, DE;
Michael Schaefer, Schwetzingen, DE;
Johannes Heinrich, Friedrichsdorf, DE;
Dietmar Strauss, Kraichtal, DE;
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A start-up clutch and torsional-vibration damper assembly including a disk clutch having an outer disk carrier and an inner disk carrier, and a torsional vibration damper having a primary element, a secondary element, and a spring dampening mechanism. The spring dampening mechanism is disposed between and operatively couples the primary element and the secondary element. The torsional vibration damper connected in series to the disk clutch such that the torsional vibration damper and the disk clutch are juxtaposed to each other along a common axis with the primary element having substantially the same outside radius as the outer disk carrier.