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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7635056 | Pressure plate assembly, clutch disk arrangement, and friction clutch, especially a multi-disk clutch A pressure plate arrangement for a friction clutch includes a housing rotatably fixed to an abutment arrangement for joint rotation about an axis of rotation and a plate arrangement with at least one intermediate plate and a pressure plate. At least one of the inter... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7360633 | Lockup device of hydraulic torque transmission device A lockup device 5 includes a damper mechanism 7, a plate 56, a plate 57, a piston 51, and a plate 59. The damper mechanism 7 has a plate 52 rotating together with the turbine 10, and plates 53 and... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7201261 | Bridging clutch for a hydrodynamic clutch device enclosed by a housing A bridging clutch for a hydrodynamic clutch device includes a housing comprising a cover having a friction surface; a piston which can move axially with respect to the housing, the piston having a friction surface which faces the friction surface of the cover; a fir... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7082661 | Centrifugally assisted clutch A friction clutch assembly connects driving and driven shafts and has a pressure plate axially moveable between an engaged position transmitting torque from the driving shaft to the driven shaft and a disengaged position. A cover is mounted on the flywheel and a spr... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066313 | Self-adjusting clutch A friction clutch wherein a rotary housing supports a tiltable diaphragm spring and confines a pressure plate that is axially movably but non-rotatably mounted therein for movement toward and away from friction linings on a clutch disc between the pressure plate and... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055244 | Method of manufacturing flat wire coil springs to improve fatigue life and avoid blue brittleness The present invention relates to a method of forming a coil of spring wire by winding a wire into a coil spring formed of a plurality of rings of the wire wherein each of the rings has a substantially constant strain rate. The forming speed of the wire being wound i... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044283 | Dry multiple-disk clutch A dry multiple-disk clutch for transmitting power from the crankshaft of a motorcycle to a transmission input shaft and cutting off power transmission includes an outer clutch member interlocked with the crankshaft so as to be driven for rotation, a plurality of dri... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7014025 | Pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch A housing arrangement can be connected to a flywheel for rotation in common around an axis of rotation, and a pressure element is connected to the housing arrangement for rotation in common around the axis of rotation but is able to shift in the axial direction. A r... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007784 | Positive separator for multiple disc clutches A clutch assembly includes a clutch cover which can be secured to a flywheel; an intermediate plate spaced from the flywheel; a pressure plate arranged between the clutch cover and the intermediate plate and secured to the clutch cover by resilient straps which urge... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6948602 | Hydrokinetic coupling apparatus, in particular for motor vehicle A hydrokinetic coupling apparatus for a motor vehicle including a crankcase (12), designed to link in rotation, about an axis X, an input shaft to an impeller wheel; a turbine wheel (18) designed to be linked in rotation to an output shaft (16) ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6866132 | Friction clutch with intermediate plate mounting system A friction clutch is provided that includes a clutch cover, an intermediate plate that is spaced apart from an engine flywheel, a first friction disk positioned between the flywheel and the intermediate plate, a pressure plate spaced apart from the intermediate plat... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6851531 | Hydrodynamic clutch device A hydrodynamic clutch device, in particular a torque converter or fluid clutch, includes a housing, a turbine wheel in the housing, and a torque-converter lock-up clutch, which is used to selectively produce a torque-transfer connection between the turbine wheel and... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6725988 | Hydrodynamic clutch device A hydrodynamic clutch device, particularly a hydrodynamic torque converter or fluid coupling, comprises a housing arrangement, a turbine wheel which is arranged in the housing arrangement so as to be rotatable with respect to the housing arrangement about an axis of... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6702082 | Leaf spring arrangement, especially for attaching the pressure plate of a pressure plate assembly to a housing A leaf spring arrangement, especially for connecting a pressure plate to a housing, comprises a plurality of adjacent leaf spring elements, where each leaf spring element has a first attachment area for establishing the connection the pressure plate, a se... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6695114 | Multi-disk clutch A device for positively coupling one force transmission element with a further force transmission element includes a multi-disk clutch formed of at least four disk rings for adjusting the rotary position of the further transmission element in relation to ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6688441 | Hydrokinetic coupling appliance A hydrokinetic appliance (10), in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a housing (12) provided with an annular axial wall (13) and a front transverse wall (18), wherein the housing (12) is designed to be linked in rotation to an input shaft, which i... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6666314 | Thrust plate assembly for a friction clutch A pressure plate is held so as to be movable axially with respect to the housing by means of at least one leaf spring arrangement which is secured in a first coupling area to a first mounting area of the pressure plate and is secured in a second coupling ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6640945 | Hydrokinetic coupling apparatus, in particular for motor vehicle, comprising improved means linking the piston with the cover The invention concerns a hydrokinetic coupling apparatus comprising a wall (36) with globally transverse orientation and a central ring (52) along which the piston (50) is mounted sealingly sliding to define a control chamber (38) with variable volume, an... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6578687 | Pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch A pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch includes a housing arrangement and a pressure plate arrangement, which is held by at least one leaf spring arrangement with freedom of axial movement relative to the housing arrangement. The at least one lea... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6378678 | Twin mass flywheel assemblies A twin mass flywheel assembly in the form of a twin mass flywheel (12), a clutch cover (11) attached to the flywheel, a clutch driven plate (19), a clutch pressure plate (14), and spring means (18) supported from the cover to clamp the driven plate betwee... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6360862 | Clutch strap A clutch assembly for a vehicle including a clutch cover rotatable about an axis is provided. A pressure plate is also rotatable about the axis and is movable along the axis relative to the clutch cover between engaged and disengaged positions. A resilien... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6332516 | Hydrokinetic coupling device with a blade driving member, particularly for motor vehicles A device comprising a generally transversely extending wall (2) with a guide ring (6) securely fastened thereto, an axially movable piston (9) sealingly slidable along the guide ring (6) and rotationally linked to the transverse wall (2) while being axial... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6305520 | Friction clutch A friction clutch wherein a pressure plate is movable axially of and rotates with a housing which is driven by the engine of a motor vehicle. The pressure plate cooperates with a coaxial engine-driven counter-pressure plate to bear upon the respective fri... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6293380 | Hydrokinetic coupling apparatus, in particular for motor vehicle A hydrokinetic coupling apparatus (10), in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a housing (12) provided with a wall (24), with globally transverse orientation, a turbine wheel (30), and a locking engagement (16), including a piston (50) linked in ro... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6206158 | Wear indicator for friction clutches A device for a clutch which is subject to wear brought about by friction, especially for motor vehicles, for signaling that a wear limit has been reached. The clutch has a pressure plate which is connected, via tangential leaf springs, with a clutch housi... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6193036 | Hydrokinetic coupling apparatus with lock-up clutch for motor vehicle The invention concerns an apparatus comprising a piston fixed by circumferential tabs (26) to a transverse wall (11), the piston (20) or the wall (11) having through holes for fixing the tabs (26), said holes being finally closed by shutters. The inventio... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6189667 | Self-reinforcing friction clutch A friction clutch for motor vehicles has a casing which can be connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a driven flywheel mass. A pressure plate is arranged inside the casing with a pressure spring supported between the clutch casing and the pressure p... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6123177 | Hydrokinetic coupling device with a blade driving member, particularly for motor vehicles A hydrokinetic coupling device having a transversely extending wall with a guide ring securely fastened thereto. A moveable piston is sealingly slidable along the guide ring and rotationally linked to the transverse wall while being moveable via tangentia... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6116400 | Assembly for a friction clutch An assembly for a motor-vehicle friction clutch, in which a pressure plate and a pressure spring are preassembled in a clutch casing. The pressure plate can move in the axial direction with respect to the clutch casing and is connected to the clutch casin... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6109413 | Friction clutch with adjusting device A friction clutch having a clutch cover assembly (20) including a cover (21) attached to a flywheel (11) with at least one spring (12) acting on a pressure plate (13) to force a driven plate (15) into frictional engagement with the flywheel. The clutch al... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6085882 | Friction clutch A friction clutch wherein the clutch spring is shiftable axially toward the pressure plate during disengagement of the clutch to compensate for wear at least upon the friction linings of the clutch disc. Disengagement of the clutch is facilitated by sever... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6065577 | Lock-up clutch for a hydraulic couping apparatus, especially for a motor vehicle A lock-up clutch for a fluid coupling has a rotating casing having a radial wall which is releasably coupled by the clutch to a piston. The wall is in a fixed axial position; the piston is arranged for relative axial displacement and is coupled to the wal... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6039161 | Twin-clutch device A twin-clutch device is provided that overcomes problems relating to a releasing property, a start property and a phase shift between clutch disks. The device includes first and second clutch disk assemblies 5 and 6, an intermediate plate 7, a clutch cove... | 03/21/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5992596 | Clutch apparatus having a vibration dampening mechanism, a reduced axial thickness and an undulated spring disposed within the vibration dampening mechanism In a clutch apparatus, a clutch cover assembly can be reused after replacement of a clutch disk assembly. The clutch apparatus includes an input flywheel and a clutch cover assembly. The input flywheel is provided at its outer peripheral surface with a pl... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5868232 | Clutch apparatus having a vibration dampensing mechanism, a reduced axial thickness and an undulated spring disposed within the vibration dampening mechanism In a clutch apparatus, a clutch cover assembly can be reused after replacement of a clutch disk assembly. The clutch apparatus includes an input flywheel and a clutch cover assembly. The input flywheel is provided at its outer peripheral surface with a pl... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5826690 | Process for the assembly of a locking clutch for a hydrokinetic coupling device, especially for a motor vehicle, a corresponding locking clutch and a hydrokinetic coupling device comprising such a locking clutch A locking clutch has a piston which is movably mounted axially in relation to a fixed wall and rotationally connected to the wall by tongues. For coupling the tongues to the piston, an attachment has a first portion, which is fixed to the side of the tong... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5715919 | Clutch mechanism, especially for a motor vehicle The clutch mechanism comprises a cover plate (4), a diaphragm (5) bearing on the cover plate (4), assembly (8) applying the diaphragm (5) pivotally to the cover plate (4), and extending through the diaphragm (5) via widened apertures (53), together with a... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5655638 | Clutch module with resilient gripping of the diaphragm, and a corresponding mechanism A clutch module having tongues interposed between a pressure plate and a cover plate. Associated with a diaphragm are resilient grippers which permanently bias the diaphragm toward engagement with the cover plate. The resilient grippers are divided into s... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5641047 | Clutch mechanism, notably for motor vehicles The clutch mechanism has a cover (2), a thrust plate (1), elastic member with axial action (3) for acting on the thrust plate (1), circumferential tongues (5) attached at their ends by fixing devices (6, 8) each respectively to an area (53) on the cover (... | 06/24/1997 |
