Patent ID: 6378675
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
Clutch device for connecting the drive of a motor vehicle with a multiple-speed shift transmission, said clutch device comprising at least two friction clutches, each clutch having a driven side, the driven side of each clutch being connected with an associated transmission input shaft of the shift transmission, said at least two friction clutches being engaged or disengaged independently of each other, in which at least a first one of said two friction clutches can be put into a working connection at a driving side thereof with a driving member of a hydrodynamic clutch which can be activated, under motor vehicle drivetrain predetermined operating conditions to transmit torque output of the drive, a driven side of the said first one of said friction clutches, and a driven member of the hydrodynamic clutch being connected with the transmission input shaft associated with the first one of said friction clutches.