Dual clutch transmission with radially nested clutches having a common disk carrier

US7318512B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BorgWarner Inc. · US

Inventors

• Karl-Heinz Bauer · Graben-Neudorf, DE
• Rainer Gerathewohl · Karlsruhe, DE
• Frank Guenter · Karlsruhe, DE
• Hans Juergen Hauck · Schwäbisch Hall, DE
• Klaus Heber · Waiblingen, DE
• Johannes Heinrich · Friedrichsdorf, DE
• Carsten Weinhold · Nieder-Olm, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 2005
• Grant date: Jan 15, 2008
• Expiry date: Mar 1, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2021/0661
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A dual clutch transmission having radially nested clutches includes an outer clutch having a plurality of first outer clutch disks, a plurality of first inner clutch disks, and a first inner support carrier, with the first inner clutch disks operatively mounted to the first inner carrier. The transmission further includes an inner clutch having a plurality of second outer clutch disks, a plurality of second inner clutch disks, and a second inner support carrier is included. The second inner clutch disks are operatively mounted to the second inner carrier. A common disk carrier having a first outer clutch disk carrier operatively supports the first outer clutch disks of the outer clutch and a second outer clutch disk carrier that operatively supports the second outer clutch disks of the inner clutch.