US 11,773,917 B2
Multi-plate clutch
Ansgar Damm, Schongau (DE); Sami Oezkan, Schongau (DE); and Juergen Binder, Schongau (DE)
Assigned to Hoerbiger Antriebstechnik Holding GmbH, Schongau (DE)
Filed by Hoerbiger Antriebstechnik Holding GmbH, Schongau (DE)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/50,205.
Claims priority of application No. 102021128180.6 (DE), filed on Oct. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0132839 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. F16D 13/52 (2006.01); F16D 13/64 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 13/52 (2013.01) [F16D 13/648 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-plate clutch, the multi-plate clutch being a passive transmission element, comprising:
an outer plate carrier;
an inner plate carrier;
a driven input shaft;
a driven output shaft being arranged coaxially to the driven input shaft; and
a set of plates of alternately arranged outer plates and inner plates, which is arranged radially between the outer plate carrier and the inner plate carrier and which is delimited by two end plates engaging at opposite ends of the set of plates,
wherein each end plate rests against an annular axial supporting contour on the end face facing away from the set of plates,
wherein the supporting contours differ in their effective diameter at which the supporting contours contact the associated end plate,
wherein the supporting contours apply an axial force on the set of plates such that the plates are elastically deformed into a conical shape,
wherein a torque which can be transmitted between the driven input shaft and the coaxially arranged output shaft is limited, and
wherein no active actuation of the multi-plate clutch is provided.