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Friction clutch, such as for a motor vehicle, the friction clutch having a clutch disc and a pressure plate, the pressure plate having a blind hole fastening arrangement

US5584372A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Fichtel & Sachs · DE

Inventors

Peter Eichelsbacher · Dittelbrunn, DE
Christoph Feuchter · Schweinfurt, DE
Bernhard Stephan · Altenriet, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 20, 1994
Grant date	Dec 17, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 20, 2014

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T403/7098
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A friction clutch having tangential leaf springs which are fastened by means of blind hole rivets, on one hand to the pressure plate, and on the other hand to the clutch housing, whereby the blind hole in the pressure plate is conical.

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