Patent ID: 7114605
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
1. A double clutch device for arrangement in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle between a drive unit and a transmission having a plurality of gears including odd gears and even gears, the clutch device comprising: two coaxial input shafts of the transmission, wherein one of said coaxial input shafts is associated with only the odd gears of the transmission and the other of said coaxial input shafts being associated with only the even gears of the transmission; an inner disk clutch arrangement and an outer disk clutch arrangement, the disk clutch arrangements being radially staggered and each being associated with a respective one said coaxial input shafts, each of the disk clutch arrangements comprising a set of disks, each said set of disks comprising outer disks associated with a respective outer disk carrier and inner disks associated with a respective inner disk carrier, the outer disks of each set operable to mutually engage the inner disks, one of the inner disks and outer disks of both disk clutch arrangements having linings, the other of the inner and outer disks of both disk clutch arrangements having no linings.