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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2007
Jörg Sudau, Niederwerrn, DE;
Rüdiger Lotze, Schweinfurt, DE;
Arthur Schröder, Hambach, DE;
Gregor Sueck, Sennfeld, DE;
Jörg Sudau, Niederwerrn, DE;
Rüdiger Lotze, Schweinfurt, DE;
Arthur Schröder, Hambach, DE;
Gregor Sueck, Sennfeld, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A friction disk for a wet-running clutch for a motor vehicle includes a lining carrier ring, provided with connecting areas for connecting the friction disk to a drive side or to a takeoff side of a clutch, and a plurality of friction lining elements, carried on at least one side of the lining carrier ring, Fluid flow channels are provided between the friction lining elements which are directly adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction, wherein at least some of the fluid flow channels have different channel widths.