Patent ID: 8376649
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A coupling device for transmitting a torque between a drive element and a clutch, said clutch device comprising of said clutch having a first shaft and a second shaft enclosing said first shaft, said first shaft and said second shaft being coupled together by a circumferentially positively interlocking connection wherein said first shaft carries external toothing, which meshes in internal toothing of said second shaft; and an elastic element for generating a pretension in the positively interlocking connection, said elastic element comprising multiple spring plate inserts in such a way that said spring plate inserts can each be pressed elastically against a flank of a tooth against which said spring plate inserts bear, said spring plate inserts being connected to an integral common ring wherein a diameter of said common ring is approximately equal to a diameter of said flank of said tooth against which said spring plate inserts bear.