Patent ID: 6016899
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: F16F

Abstract:
A clutch disk for a friction clutch in a motor vehicle, comprising:a hub comprising a load damper hub disk and being rotatably fixedly insertable on a gear shaft that defines a rotating axis of said hub;first and second cover plates surrounding said load damper hub disk and fixedly connected to each other at a position remote from hub, one of said first and second cover plates having a friction facing;a load damper comprising a first spring element operatively mounted between said first and second cover plates and said load damper hub disk for allowing relative rotation and providing a resilient resistance between said first and second cover plates and said hub;a bearing assembly operatively positioned between one of said first and second cover plates and said hub and comprising a second spring element for providing an elastically flexible connection therebetween;said second spring element comprising an annular disk-shaped region having an outer diameter portion and having spring tongues radially inwardly inclined and facing away from said hub disk, said spring tongues extending concentric to a substantially cylindrical bearing region of said hub, the outer diameter portion being centered without radial play with respect to one of said first and second cover plates and said hub disk;said bearing assembly further comprising a bearing ring having an axially outer contour and mounted between said spring tongues and said bearing region of said hub such that an axially inner contour of said spring tongues rests on said axially outer contour of said bearing ring; anda structural component of said one of said first and second cover plates positioned at an opposing side of said radially inwardly inclined spring tongues from said bearing ring and forming a gap between said inclined portions of said spring tongues and said structural component for limiting a radial movement of said second spring to a length of said gap.