Clutch arrangement

US10948030B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG · DE

Inventors

• Christian Schneider · Lörrach, DE
• Alessio Paone · Werneck, DE
• Andreas Thiede · Dittelbrunn, DE
• Troy Menebroker · Plymouth, US
• Richard Wu · Thousand Oaks, US
• Jorge Cisneros · Ann Arbor, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 12, 2019
• Grant date: Mar 16, 2021
• Expiry date: Feb 22, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2300/14
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Clutch arrangement provided with a housing and a clutch device, one of which serves as a clutch element carrier for a clutch element and the other serves as a friction region carrier. The clutch element has a carrier for a friction lining and a holding apparatus for receiving the carrier on the clutch element carrier, radially adjacently with respect to the friction lining. In a first radial region, the clutch housing has an axial projection at a first axial spacing from the clutch device and, with a radial offset with respect thereto, has an axial recess at a second axial spacing from the clutch device in a second radial region, and has a transition region radially between the axial projection and the axial recess, either the axial projection or the axial recess being intended to provide a bearing face for at least one component of the clutch device.