Patent ID: 6622841
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A clutch disk comprisinga hub area having a rotational axis, a plurality of friction lining elements arranged in sequence in the circumferential direction relative to said rotational axis, each said friction lining element having a friction surface area which is designed to contact an associated opposing friction surface with a sliding frictional interaction and a contact force, and at least one support element supporting a respective at least one of said friction lining elements relative to said hub so that the contact force of at least part of the friction surface area can change in response to a change in the sliding frictional interaction between the friction surface area and the associated opposing friction surface, each said support element having a pair of circumferentially opposed ends, one of said ends being rigidly attached to said hub area, said support element tending to move at least part of the friction surface area away from the opposing friction surface in response to a change in the sliding frictional interaction between the friction surface area and the associated opposing friction surface.