Clutch plate for a friction clutch
US4014423A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 30, 1973 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 1993 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16F15/123
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A driven plate for an automotive friction clutch having a hub unit and a disc unit rotatable on the hub unit and carrying the friction facings of the clutch is equipped with helical compression springs simultaneously received in respective openings of a hub flange and of two discs of the disc unit along a common circle about the clutch axis for damping relative motion of the two units. The two discs are axially fixedly connected by shoulder rivets which act as spacers and pass through openings in the hub flange also receiving respective damping springs.
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