Patent ID: 8607949
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
1. A dual clutch, comprising: two frictional clutches driven by a drive unit, with a common clutch housing and a contact pressure plate with two frictional surfaces fixedly connected to the clutch housing, and two axially displaceable pressure plates each facing one of the frictional surfaces, wherein between each of the pressure plates and the contact pressure plate, frictional linings of a respective clutch disk are non-rotatably connected to a respective gear unit input shaft of a gear unit, an actuating system having actuating devices corresponding to each respective clutch disk for forming a frictional engagement between the each of the pressure plates and the frictional linings of the respective clutch disk by axially acting on the pressure plates, wherein the actuating system is axially fixedly received by means of a common actuator housing relative to the clutch housing, the actuator housing includes both actuating devices and the actuating devices are axially effective in the opposite direction, and wherein the common actuator housing is common for both actuating devices and rotatably arranged with respect to the clutch housing, wherein the actuator housing is radially supported on a gear unit housing of the gear unit and is rotatably supported.