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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. 31, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2007
Applicants:
Karl-heinz Bauer, Troy, MI (US);
Hans-jürgen Hauck, Schwäbisch Hall, DE;
Thomas E. Braford, Jr., Brighton, MI (US);
Till Ebner, Seeheim, DE;
Inventors:
Karl-Heinz Bauer, Troy, MI (US);
Hans-Jürgen Hauck, Schwäbisch Hall, DE;
Thomas E. Braford, Jr., Brighton, MI (US);
Till Ebner, Seeheim, DE;
Assignee:
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 7/00 (2006.01); F16D 23/00 (2006.01); F16D 43/20 (2006.01); F16D 3/00 (2006.01); F16F 15/121 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A clutch assembly and damper arrangement is provided that includes a driver hub and a driven element coupled to the driver hub by a compliance element. A clutch is provided that is selectively engageable to the driven element. The clutch has a housing supporting the compliance element and is torsionally unitary with the driven element.