Patent · US Expired

Friction clutch for a motor vehicle

US5720373A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Filing dateApr 22, 1996
Grant dateFeb 24, 1998
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Expiry dateApr 22, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16D13/64
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A friction clutch for a motor vehicle in which a friction lining ring can be clamped directly between the centrifugal mass and the pressure plate. In addition, a radially inward extension of the friction lining rang is riveted directly to a carrier which is fastened non-rotationally on a hub, possibly with the interposition of a torsional damping device.

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