Patent ID: 6782985
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A friction clutch comprising a hub for connecting to a power takeoff element and at least two clutch disks arranged coaxially, each said clutch disk comprisinga pair of cover disk elements connected to said hub for rotation in common with said hub about an axis of rotation, a central disk element having a damper element interaction area and a friction lining carrier area, said friction lining carrier area being radially outside of said damper element interaction area and axially offset from said damper element interaction area, a damper element arrangement arranged in said damper element interaction area to transmit torque between said cover disk elements and said central disk element, and a pair of axially opposed friction linings for clamping between opposed friction surfaces, said friction linings being fixed to said friction lining carrier area, wherein said friction lining carrier areas of respective said clutch disks have different axial offsets from the respective damper element interaction areas.