Patent ID: 8413779

Claim:
Dual clutch arrangement for a dual clutch transmission for motor vehicles, having a first and a second friction clutch, said friction clutches have a common input member and in each case one output member, with the output member of the first friction clutch being connected to a first shaft and with the output member of the second friction clutch being connected to a second shaft which is formed as a hollow shaft concentrically around the first shaft, with the first and the second friction clutches being nested radially one inside the other, and wherein the input member is mounted radially on the second shaft, where a bearing arrangement provides an entirety of the bearing support of the input member on the second shaft, wherein the entirety of the bearing arrangement is arranged radially within the friction clutches, and wherein the entirety of the bearing arrangement for mounting the input member on the second shaft is aligned axially with the friction clutches.