Patent ID: 7063195

Claim:
Apparatus for transmitting torque between a power source and a transmission, comprising; first and second coaxial input shafts; a housing; a first bearing rotatably supporting the first input shaft on the housing; a flywheel; a support shaft secured to the flywheel and located radially between the first and second input shafts; a second bearing located radially between the second input shaft and the support shaft; a first clutch for driveably connecting and disconnecting the flywheel and the first input shaft; an output shaft driveably connected to the power source; a flywheel support disc piloted on the output shaft at a first axial side of the flywheel, and secured to the flywheel; and a flex plate secured at a radially inner attachment to the output shaft, extending radially from the output shaft, and secured to the flywheel support disc at a radially outer location, whereby the flywheel is driveably connected to the output shaft.