Patent ID: 6035986
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A plate clutch for a motor vehicle, comprising:a plurality of inner plates and outer plates alternately stacked along an axis of rotation of said plate clutch;a housing having a cover plate with axially projecting feet, wherein said axial projecting feet engage a corresponding toothing on said outer plates for transmitting a torque from said housing to said outer plates and wherein each said axial projecting feet has a longitudinal bore;fasting screws inserted in said londitudinal bores of said axially projecting feet for connecting said housing to a flywheel of said motor vehicle, each said fastening screws comprising guide regions in the axial end areas of said longitudinal bores and a reduced diameter region between said guide regions; andsaid axially projecting feet further comprising radial openings arranged through said longitudinal bore and substantially coinciding with said reduced diameter regions of said fastening screws.