192 clutches and power-stop control – Clutches – Operators
Patent
1983-11-30
1985-11-19
Yuen, Henry C.
192 clutches and power-stop control
Clutches
Operators
192 7017, 1921061, F16D 314
Patent
active
045536554
ABSTRACT:
A two-stage clutch damper assembly for use in an automotive vehicle adapted to dissipate the irregular impulses of the vehicle engine when the transmission is in neutral, the clutch is engaged and the engine is at idle rpm. The assembly includes a clutch plate, a spring retainer plate secured to the clutch plate, and a hub in operative engagement with the transmission input shaft and having an integral hub flange between the plates with spring windows opened to allow an additional rotational travel of the clutch and spring retainer plates relative to the hub. A cam and detent arrangement between the clutch plate and hub includes detent recesses formed in either a cam, the hub flange or the clutch plate, and a plurality of ramps formed in a retainer secured to the clutch plate, integral with the clutch plate or as spring-biased balls in the hub. A further arrangement includes a cam and ramp having mating helical gear teeth, and axial compression springs acting to yieldably bias the cam and hub apart.
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Lech, Jr. Thaddeus
Schmitz Paul L.
Borg-Warner Corporation
Geppert James A.
Yuen Henry C.
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