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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2012
Martin Chambrion, Herrlisheim, FR;
Christoph Raber, Ottweiler-Steinbach, DE;
Yannick Simon, Lauterbourg, FR;
Martin Chambrion, Herrlisheim, FR;
Christoph Raber, Ottweiler-Steinbach, DE;
Yannick Simon, Lauterbourg, FR;
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A clutch including a pre-clutch and a main clutch, where the pre-clutch can be brought into an engaged or disengaged state by a disc spring, where the pre-clutch is connected via an effective connection to the main clutch, such that in the disengaged position and engaged position are transmitted to the main clutch, where the pre-clutch is arranged between the main clutch and a connection area for an actuating element of the disc spring, that the disc spring is effectively connected to an outer area by means of a clutch hub of the pre-clutch, that the disc spring is effectively connected in a middle area to a disc of the counter-disc of the pre-clutch, and that the disc spring has a contact area for the actuating element in an inner area.