Multiple plate friction clutch with axial stop

US5743367A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Fichtel & Sachs · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Hofmann · Leutershausen, DE
• Klaus Betten · Rütschenhausen, DE
• Jurgen Loibersbeck · Grafenrheinfeld, DE
• Thomas Schubert · Grettstadt, DE
• Peter Wiggen · Grafenrheinfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 21, 1996
• Grant date: Apr 28, 1998
• Expiry date: May 21, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D13/52
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A multiple plate friction clutch with a hub which has external gearing and a peripheral groove. A ring or a ring segment is placed in this groove and is used to fix the hub in place axially with respect to the clutch plates, which are non-rotationally engaged by means of internal gearing with the external gearing of the hub.