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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
May. 13, 2009
Applicant:
Mario Degler, Baden-Baden, DE;
Inventor:
Mario Degler, Baden-Baden, DE;
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 13/64 (2006.01); F16H 45/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wet clutch and to a hydrodynamic torque converter with a respective wet clutch as converter lockup clutch. In order to provide a good response of the wet clutch, the support elements for the friction surfaces and for the opposite friction surfaces of the wet clutch are axially supported relative to one another, at least over a partial portion of the actuation travel of the wet clutch.