Patent ID: 6464058
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: F16D,F16F,Y10T

Abstract:
A hub for a clutch having friction facings and a driven shaft, said hub comprising a plurality of structural components including:a driver connectable to said driven shaft and having a radially outward facing surface; and a ring element arranged on said radially outward facing surface of said driver having a profile engagable with the friction facing of the clutch for receiving torque to be conducted into the driven shaft via said driver, said ring element comprising a circumferential sheet metal part shaped to form said profile, and said sheet metal part comprising areas that are bent over for connection of said sheet metal part to a neighboring one of said plurality of structural parts of said hub, wherein a shape of the bent over portion forms an engagement with said neighboring one of said plurality of structural parts and said engagement formed by said shape of said bent over portion fixedly connects said ring element to said driver.