Friction clutch with tangential leaf springs

US4640398A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Fichtel & Sachs · DE

Inventors

• Dieter Kolb · Germering, DE
• Norbert Pieper · Olfen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 18, 1985
• Grant date: Feb 3, 1987
• Expiry date: Jan 18, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2013/706
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a friction clutch for motor vehicles the pressure plate is connected to the clutch housing for common rotation about the common axis by a plurality of leaf springs which are tangential with respect to the common axis of the clutch housing and the pressure plate. The clutch housing has a predetermined direction of rotation which results from the sense of rotation of the combustion engine which is to be connected by the respective frictional clutch to the gear box of the motor vehicle. The leaf springs have--with respect to the predetermined direction of rotation--a leading end portion and a trailing end portion. The leading end portion of all leaf spring elements are fastened to the pressure plate and the trailing end portions of all leaf springs are fastened to the clutch housing.