Patent ID: 8276728

Claim:
A clutch unit ( 1 ) for a drive train with a drive unit and a subsequently arranged transmission, the clutch unit comprising at least one wet clutch ( 28 , 29 ) arranged in a housing ( 8 ) that is driven by the drive unit and is formed from two housing parts ( 6 , 7 ) joined at an outer periphery thereof during assembly of the clutch unit ( 1 ), and a torsional vibration damper ( 12 ) arranged between the housing ( 8 ) and an input part ( 13 ) of the at least one wet clutch ( 28 , 29 ) having energy storage devices ( 11 ) that are distributed across the periphery and are acted upon, on one side, in a peripheral direction by the housing ( 8 ) and, on the other side, by the input part ( 13 ), wherein the energy storage devices ( 11 ) are placed on a housing wall of one of the housing parts ( 6 , 7 ) in an axial direction and are supported captively by a ring flange part ( 16 ) spaced apart in the axial direction from the housing wall and connected to the one of the housing parts ( 6 , 7 ) on an outside in a radial direction, and before the housing parts ( 6 , 7 ) are joined, the energy storage devices ( 11 ) are captively accommodated in the one of the housing parts ( 6 , 7 ) and the at least one wet clutch ( 28 , 29 ) is installed before the housing parts ( 6 , 7 ) are joined.