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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2008
Dirk Neubauer, Hemsbach, DE;
Michael Wagner, Bruehl, DE;
Harald Otto Merkel, Angelbachtal, DE;
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a segmented support plate () for a lamella, which support plate () is assembled from at least two segments () in the manner of a jigsaw puzzle so as to form a boundary line () between the segments (), wherein the one segment () has a projection () which is inserted into a recess () in the other segment () so as to form a boundary line section () between the projection () and the recess (), and the projection () and the recess () are shaped such that the adjacent segments () engage behind one another, in relation to the circumferential direction () of the support plate (), in at least one first and one second partial section () of the boundary line section (). According to the invention, the projection (a) of the first partial section () onto a radial line () in the circumferential direction () at least partially intersects the projection (b) of the second partial section () onto the radial line () in the circumferential direction (). The present invention also relates to a lamella, in particular a friction lamella for a multiplate clutch, having a segmented support plate () of said type.