Mounting/centering support arrangement
First Claim
1. A pressure plate assembly of a multi-clutch arrangement, said pressure plate assembly comprising a housing, a pair of pressure plates connected to said housing for rotation in common about an axis of rotation and which can be shifted axially with respect to said housing, an opposing support arranged between said pressure plates, a pair of clutch disks having friction surfaces which can clamped between said opposing support and respective said pressure plates, each said clutch disk being connectable nonrotatably to a respective power takeoff element, and a support arrangement comprising means for arresting one of said clutch disks in a predetermined position with respect to at least one of said housing and the other said clutch disk.
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Abstract
A mounting/centering support arrangement for a pressure plate assembly of a multi-clutch arrangement is provided. The pressure plate assembly comprises at least two clutch areas, each with a pressure plate arrangement connected to a housing arrangement for rotation in common around an axis of rotation; with an opposing support arrangement; and with a clutch disk arrangement, the friction surface arrangement of which can be clamped between the pressure plate arrangement and the opposing support arrangement. Each of the clutch disk arrangements is designed to be connected nonrotatably to a different power takeoff element. The mounting/centering support arrangement can arrest at least one of the clutch disk arrangements in a predefinable position with respect to the housing arrangement and/or arrest at least one of the clutch disk arrangements in a predefinable position with respect to at least one other clutch disk arrangement.
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24 Claims
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1. A pressure plate assembly of a multi-clutch arrangement, said pressure plate assembly comprising
a housing, a pair of pressure plates connected to said housing for rotation in common about an axis of rotation and which can be shifted axially with respect to said housing, an opposing support arranged between said pressure plates, a pair of clutch disks having friction surfaces which can clamped between said opposing support and respective said pressure plates, each said clutch disk being connectable nonrotatably to a respective power takeoff element, and a support arrangement comprising means for arresting one of said clutch disks in a predetermined position with respect to at least one of said housing and the other said clutch disk.
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17. A pressure plate assembly of a multi-clutch arrangement, said pressure plate assembly comprising
a housing, a pair of pressure plates connected to said housing for rotation in common about an axis of rotation and which can be shifted axially with respect to said housing, an opposing support arranged between said pressure plates, a pair of clutch disks having friction surfaces which can clamped between said opposing support and respective said pressure plates, each said clutch disk having a hub and being connectable nonrotatably to a respective power takeoff element, and a funnel-like insertion arrangement on at least one of said hubs for receiving the respective power takeoff element.
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21. A pressure plate assembly of a multi-clutch arrangement, said pressure plate assembly comprising
a housing, a pair of pressure plates connected to said housing for rotation in common about an axis of rotation and which can be shifted axially with respect to said housing, an opposing support arranged between said pressure plates, a pair of clutch disks having friction surfaces which can clamped between said opposing support and respective said pressure plates, at least one of said clutch disks being held with radial play with respect to the housing, each said clutch disk having a hub with an insertion opening and being connectable nonrotatably to a respective power takeoff element, said insertion opening being sufficiently large to overlap essentially the entire end of the takeoff element regardless of the radial position of the clutch disk relative to the housing.
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22. A pressure plate assembly of a multi-clutch arrangement, said pressure plate assembly comprising
a housing, a pair of clutch areas, each clutch area comprising a pressure plate connected to said housing for rotation in common about an axis of rotation and which can be shifted axially with respect to said housing, an opposing support arranged between said pressure plates, and a clutch disk having friction surfaces which can clamped between said opposing support and the respective said pressure plate, each said clutch disk being connectable nonrotatably to a respective power takeoff element, at least one of said clutch areas being in a released state when no actuating force is acting and which can be brought into the engaged state by an actuating force, and means for introducing an installation actuating force in said at least one of said clutch areas during assembly to the respective power takeoff element, whereby the clutch disk of said at least one clutch area is clamped between the respective said pressure plate and the opposing support.
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