Patent ID: 6401897
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: F16D,F16F,Y10S

Abstract:
Device for transmitting torque, more particularly for motor vehicles, with at least one first disc part which is fixed directly or indirectly to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, with a friction clutch connected to this disc part and consisting of a contact pressure plate, a clutch cover which houses an axially displaceable pressure plate which is rotationally secured, the clutch cover engages radially around this pressure plate, wherein axially between the contact pressure plate and the pressure plate there is a clutch disc having friction linings provided on the outside and which can be thought into frictional engagement with the pressure plate and contact pressure plate by means of at least one energy accumulator acting axially between the pressure plate and the clutch cover and the clutch disc is connectable rotationally secured to a gear input shaft of a transmission mounted on the output side in the force flow, wherein the device is mounted as one complete unit on the crankshaft, the friction clutch being connected to the disc part by means of fixing means which can be separated from the transmission side, such that the friction clutch can be removed from the disc part as an assembled unit while the disc part remains fastened to the crankshaft, wherein the fixing means are designed as a push-fit connection.