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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2016
Valeo Embrayages, Amiens, FR;
Patrick Durham, Troy, MI (US);
Alexandre Depraete, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Valeo Embrayages, , FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a torque transmitting device () including a torque input element (). coupled to a crankshaft of an engine, and a torque output element () intended to be coupled to a transmission input shaft. The torque transmitting device also includes a damper () and a clutch () mounted between the torque input element () and the torque output element (). The clutch includes a piston () axially movable from an engaged position in which the torque input element () is rotationally coupled to the torque output element () through the damper (), and a disengaged position. The clutch further includes an assistance mechanism () able to exert an axial force tending to return the clutch piston () to the engaged position thereof.