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

US7445108B2 · 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: Oct 11, 2007
• Grant date: Nov 4, 2008
• Expiry date: Oct 11, 2027

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 including an outer clutch having first inner and outer clutch disks that are interleaved between each other where the first outer clutch disks are operatively mounted to a first outer support carrier. The transmission also includes an inner clutch having second inner and outer clutch disks operatively interleaved between each other and operatively mounted to a second inner support carrier. A common disk carrier has a common clutch disk carrier that operatively supports the first inner clutch disks of the outer clutch and the second outer clutch disks of the inner clutch.