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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2007
Wolfgang Hill, Karlsruhe, DE;
Wolfgang Hill, Karlsruhe, DE;
LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG, Buehl, DE;
Abstract
A magnetic friction clutch has two clutch parts, supported so that they can rotate relative to each other around an axis of rotation. A first clutch part has at least two clamping jaws which are movable somewhat toward and away from each other. A second clutch part, situated between the clamping jaws, is of disk-shaped design. The clamping jaws are pressable against the second clutch part by the magnetic force of a variable magnetic flux which is carried in the clutch parts in a soft magnetic material, in order to form a frictionally engaged connection between the clutch parts. The second clutch part has a plurality of soft magnetic ring zones permeated by the magnetic flux, which extend in the circumferential direction and are separated from each other in the radial direction by slots running in the circumferential direction. Ring zones adjacent to each other in the radial direction are connected with each other by bridging links. The slots are filled with a solidified casting material that connects the ring zones with each other. Inner and/or outer circumferential surfaces of the ring zones that face each other follow a line that deviates from a circular line running concentric to the axis of rotation. The second clutch part can have a plurality of layers made of different soft magnetic materials.