Patent ID: 8162116

Claim:
A twin clutch assembly for a motor vehicle drive train that includes a transmission and a drive unit that can be coupled to the transmission by a twin clutch, said twin clutch assembly comprising: a first, hollow transmission input shaft that includes a free end facing the drive unit and non-rotatably connected to a transmission side output hub of the twin clutch; a drive side output hub of the twin clutch that is non-rotatably connected with a second transmission input shaft that is rotatably disposed within the first, hollow transmission input shaft; a clutch cover that is axially disposed between the twin clutch and the drive unit; a drive element axially supported by the clutch cover and non-rotatably connected to the drive unit; wherein the transmission side output hub is axially supported against movement toward the transmission by an axial support device that is axially biased against the free end of the hollow transmission input shaft and that includes an axially-acting spring carried by the transmission side output hub adjacent a free end of the hollow transmission input shaft that faces the drive unit.