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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7124869 | Multi-plate clutch, particularly for a double clutch transmission A multi-plate clutch, particularly for a dual clutch transmission, has at least one clutch housing alternately holds externally and internally toothed plate disks, a hub arranged at the end face on the clutch housing. The hub has a central opening for receiving a ge... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7028823 | Woven composite clutch friction member with dual-directional moduli of elasticity A friction member for engagement in a torque-transmitting mechanism includes a first material and a second material. The first and second materials are woven together to provide a friction surface. The friction member is characterized by a first modulus of elasticit... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6910561 | Clutch arrangement A clutch arrangement, especially for a motor vehicle, comprising a housing arrangement (12) which is filled or which can be filled with fluid, at least one first friction element (22) which can be jointly rotated with the housing arrangement (12... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6823975 | Air-cooled centrifugal clutch with air impeller plate The centrifugal clutch includes one or more clutch plates having a plurality of air impeller vanes to circulate air through the centrifugal clutch during its operation in order to extend the useful life of the clutch. A pressure plate includes a plurality of air imp... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6793057 | Rotary friction system A rotary friction system, comprising: a flywheel, which comprises: a disk, comprising a plurality of coaxially disposed arcuate shaped recesses and a plurality of radially disposed channels; arcuate shaped pads matingly mounted therein the arcuate shaped recesses; a... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6578691 | Ultra-low stiction torque transfer device A ultra-low stiction torque transfer device (10) having a pair of relatively rotatable members (14, 16) actuated by a fluid-actuated diaphragm actuator (72). The diaphragm (72) features a circular or annular planar extensible web (74) having an O-ring (76... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6352147 | Intermediate disk for a motor vehicle An intermediate disk for a motor vehicle clutch with friction surfaces on both sides includes two disk parts. On the sides of the disk parts remote of the friction surfaces, the disk parts have spacers which laterally define recesses between the disk part... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6012562 | Clutch mechanism with resilient tongues, especially for motor vehicles The clutch mechanism comprises tangential tongues (16) which are fitted axially between the heads (21) of the posts (20) whereby a diaphragm (6) is pivotally mounted on a cover plate (7) and a pressure plate (5), the said tongues being fixed to the base (... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5896971 | Rotational control apparatus with enhanced cooling and power transfer characteristics An apparatus (10) for controlling the transmission of rotational forces between first (14) and second (66) members through an axially shiftable friction element (56) that rotates in unison with the first member (14) and can be selectively brought into eng... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5739605 | Bi-stable clutch A bi-stable clutch is introduced comprising an input and output shaft, a hub assembly attached to output shaft, a hub assembly attached to output shaft and operatively associated with a friction ring which rotates with output shaft of the unique bi-stable... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5638932 | Dry multi-disk clutch A clutch cover assembly 10 is used with clutch friction disks of a dry multi-disk clutch 1, and is provided with a diaphragm spring 30, a clutch cover 28 and a support structure 31. The outer periphery portion of the diaphragm spring 30 loads the clutch f... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5076409 | Low inertia friction clutch, in particular for an automotive vehicle The present invention relates to a friction clutch of the kind having two friction pads coaxial with each other and adhesively bonded or moulded on to annular supports which are arranged to face each other in the axial direction. In accordance with the in... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5005676 | Disk for disk-brake An improved rotor for a disk brake is disclosed having a multi-piece construction. The rotor has a central web extending around a driving drum portion such that the web defines several generally radially extending cooling passages. The central web is moun... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4903801 | Segmented brake disc An internally air cooled brake disc assembly of the invention is manufactured by casting in small pieces to eliminate problems associated with casting large discs with integral air cooling passages. The assembly has a main disc member and a plurality of d... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4863000 | Brake or clutch disc assembly A disc brake or clutch assembly having rotatable rotor discs and non-rotatable discs which are movable axially into engagement. The rotatable rotor discs are secured to an annular splined mounting member which has a plurality of grooves therein to circula... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4470485 | Disc brake assembly Several arrangements include the feature of disc constructions directing air flow between the linings and the disc braking surfaces to float the linings off the surfaces of the disc to eliminate or substantially reduce brake drag and provide cooling.... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4469203 | Rotatable brake member provided with ventilation channels A rotatable brake member comprises a plurality of substantially radial ventilation channels, each of which is divided longitudinally into at least two portions which are generally coaxial with a mean longitudinal line of the channel and which have substan... | 09/04/1984 |
