Start-up clutch and torsional-vibration damper assembly
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1. A start-up clutch and torsional-vibration damper assembly comprising:
- a disk clutch having an outer disk carrier and an inner disk carrier;
a torsional vibration damper having a primary element, a secondary element, and a spring dampening mechanism disposed between and operatively coupling said primary element and said secondary element;
said torsional vibration damper connected in series to said disk clutch such that said torsional vibration damper and said disk clutch are juxtaposed to each other along a common axis, said primary element having substantially the same outside radius as said outer disk carrier, and said spring damping mechanism including at least one coil spring disposed circumferentially about said common axis and the ratio between the diameter of said at least one spring and said outside radius is in a range between 0.5 and 0.75.
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Abstract
A start-up clutch and torsional-vibration damper assembly including a disk clutch having an outer disk carrier and an inner disk carrier, and a torsional vibration damper having a primary element, a secondary element, and a spring dampening mechanism. The spring dampening mechanism is disposed between and operatively couples the primary element and the secondary element. The torsional vibration damper connected in series to the disk clutch such that the torsional vibration damper and the disk clutch are juxtaposed to each other along a common axis with the primary element having substantially the same outside radius as the outer disk carrier.
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1. A start-up clutch and torsional-vibration damper assembly comprising:
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a disk clutch having an outer disk carrier and an inner disk carrier; a torsional vibration damper having a primary element, a secondary element, and a spring dampening mechanism disposed between and operatively coupling said primary element and said secondary element; said torsional vibration damper connected in series to said disk clutch such that said torsional vibration damper and said disk clutch are juxtaposed to each other along a common axis, said primary element having substantially the same outside radius as said outer disk carrier, and said spring damping mechanism including at least one coil spring disposed circumferentially about said common axis and the ratio between the diameter of said at least one spring and said outside radius is in a range between 0.5 and 0.75. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A start-up clutch and torsional-vibration damper assembly comprising:
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a disk clutch having an outer disk carrier and an inner disk carrier; a torsional vibration damper having a primary element, a secondary element, and a spring dampening mechanism disposed between and operatively coupling said primary element and said secondary element; said torsional vibration damper connected in series to said disk clutch such that said torsional vibration damper and said disk clutch are juxtaposed to each other along a common axis, said primary element having substantially the same outside radius as said outer disk carrier, and said secondary element is a damper flange disk and said primary element is a damper shell having two damper half shells that encompasses said damper flange disk.
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13. A start-up clutch and torsional-vibration damper assembly comprising:
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a disk clutch having an outer disk carrier and an inner disk carrier; a torsional vibration damper having a primary element, a secondary element, and a spring dampening mechanism disposed between and operatively coupling said primary element and said secondary element; said torsional vibration damper connected in series to said disk clutch such that said torsional vibration damper and said disk clutch are juxtaposed to each other along a common axis, said primary element having substantially the same outside radius as said outer disk carrier, and said disk clutch and said torsional vibration damper being operatively disposed within a closed housing adapted to operatively contain a flow of cooling media and said outer disk carrier mounted to said housing in a torque-proof manner.
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