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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
May. 22, 2009
Bruno Mueller, Sasbach, DE;
Parviz Movlazada, Rastatt, DE;
Thorsten Krause, Buehl, DE;
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A shiftable clutch device for disconnecting a first drive machine from a drive train and connecting it thereto, including a control device that can be actuated by a pressure medium, is characterized according to the invention in that the shiftable clutch device includes two partial clutches, a first partial clutch forming a main clutch and a second partial clutch forming a drag clutch, which are disposed and configured such that each is adapted to produce a drag torque in an end position of the control device, a first opening end position characterized by an open state of the main clutch and a second closing end position characterized by a closed state of the main clutch.