Patent · US Expired

Vehicle plate clutch

US4730713A · kind A · utility

12Cited by

5References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Daimler-Benz AG · DE

Inventors

Juergen Pickard · Wernau, DE
Helmut G. Sandner · Long Branch, US
Reudiger Giesen · Murrhardt, DE
Erwin Nussbaumer · Waiblingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 15, 1986
Grant date	Mar 15, 1988
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 15, 2006

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16D2300/12
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a plate clutch, an annular cylinder chamber with a moveable annular cylinder portion is located in a transition region between a radial flange and a cylindrical external plate carrier integral with the radial flange. The position of the annular cylinder portion is fixed in the radial and axial directions relative to the external plate carrier by the flange which fixes the annular cylinder in one axial direction of the clutch axis and by means of a circlip in the other axial direction of the clutch axis. In order to improve the sealing of the working pressure chamber enclosed by the annular cylinder portion, the annular cylinder is supported in the radial directions by means of a ring seal, so that it can move and be also elastically carried on the external plate carrier.

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