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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2010
Carsten Zuehl, Schweinfurt, DE;
Mike Scordino, Northville, MI (US);
Claus Umnus, Northville, MI (US);
Juraj Cuperka, Northville, MI (US);
Bernd Reinhardt, Schweinfurt, DE;
Ray Hamblin, Northville, MI (US);
Oliver Walter, Northville, MI (US);
Matthias Münch, Schweinfurt, DE;
Carsten Zuehl, Schweinfurt, DE;
Mike Scordino, Northville, MI (US);
Claus Umnus, Northville, MI (US);
Juraj Cuperka, Northville, MI (US);
Bernd Reinhardt, Schweinfurt, DE;
Ray Hamblin, Northville, MI (US);
Oliver Walter, Northville, MI (US);
Matthias Münch, Schweinfurt, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A housing-piston assembly for a coupling device, especially a wet-running, multi-plate clutch or a bridging clutch of a hydrodynamic coupling device, wherein the piston () is attached to a housing () by means of connecting elements () in such a way that it has a certain freedom of movement, and rivets () are provided as fastening elements between the piston () and the connecting elements () and/or between the connecting elements () and the housing (), and wherein at least one support element () can be positioned in a riveting position between the piston () and the connecting elements () and/or between the connecting elements () and the housing () in such a way that anvil sections () of the support element () lie behind the set heads () of their associated rivets (). A method of assembling a housing-piston assembly is also provided.