IP Library Granted Patent US 8,056,692
Granted Patent B2
US 8,056,692 · App. 12/150,965 · Granted Nov 15, 2011

Sealing system and wet-running dual-clutch system with a sealing system

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Patent No.
US 8,056,692
App. No.
12/150,965
Granted
Nov 15, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sealing system with at least one sealing device for a pressurizing-agent-operable actuating device, for sealing off a pressure chamber assigned to the latter from the surroundings. The individual sealing element being placed in a groove formed by the actuating device and a thin sheet metal element connected to the actuating device, where at least two contact surfaces that describe the groove are formed on the actuating device for the sealing element.

Claims (33)

1. A sealing system comprising:

at least one elastic sealing device for an actuating device operable by a pressurizing agent;

a chamber pressurizable with the pressurizing agent, in a dual clutch system; and

an individual sealing device being located in a groove formed by the actuating device and a retainer, with at least two contact surfaces defining the groove being formed for the sealing device on the actuating device,

wherein the retainer has flanging or a bead in a radially inner area facing the sealing device, the flanging or the bead engaging a circumferential groove in the sealing device aligning the sealing device radially and/or axially.

2. The sealing system as recited in claim 1 wherein the actuating device is a piston element.

3. The sealing system as recited in claim 1 wherein the retainer on a low pressure side of the chamber is located on the actuating device.

4. The sealing system as recited in claim 1 wherein the retainer is a sheet metal element, thickness of the sheet metal element and the thickness of the actuating device in the area forming the groove being at a ratio of 1:5 to 1:7.

5. The sealing system as recited in claim 1 wherein the area on the actuating device forming the groove forms at least one axial and one radial contact surface for the sealing device.

6. The sealing system as recited in claim 5 wherein the individual contact surfaces on the actuating device are formed by the shaping during fabrication of the actuating device.

7. The sealing system as recited in claim 6 wherein the shaping is by forming.

8. The sealing system as recited in claim 5 wherein the contact surfaces are stamped.

9. The sealing system as recited in claim 5 wherein the contact surfaces are incorporated through subsequent metal-removing processing on the actuating device.

10. The sealing system as recited in claim 4 wherein the sheet metal element forms a contact surface in the axial direction.

11. The sealing system as recited in claim 4 wherein the sheet metal element is executed as a ring-disk-shaped element with a flat axial contact surface on the actuating device.

12. The sealing system as recited in claim 4 wherein the sheet metal element is connected to the actuating device in a rotationally fixed connection.

13. The sealing system as recited in claim 12 wherein the rotationally fixed connection is separable.

14. The sealing system as recited in claim 13 wherein the rotationally fixed connection is a frictional or a positive-lock connection.

15. The sealing system as recited in claim 12 wherein the rotationally fixed connection is non-separable.

16. The sealing system as recited in claim 15 wherein the rotationally fixed connection is a positive-lock connection.

17. The sealing system as recited in claim 16 wherein the rotationally fixed connection is a riveted joint, the riveted joint being formed by separate rivets or rivets extruded from the actuating device.

18. The sealing system as recited in claim 15 wherein the rotationally fixed connection is a materially bonded connection.

19. The sealing system as recited in claim 18 wherein the materially bonded connection is by spot welding.

20. The sealing system as recited in claim 12 wherein the connection between the sheet metal element and the actuating device is located at a slight distance from the groove.

21. The sealing system as recited in claim 1 wherein the sealing device is a radial seal.

22. The sealing system as recited in claim 1 wherein the flanging is oriented at right angles to the radially inner area of the retainer.

23. The sealing system as recited in claim 1 wherein the flanging or the bead engages a circumferential groove in the sealing device located between a main body and a sealing lip of the sealing device.

24. The sealing system as recited in claim 1 wherein the flanging or the bead engages a circumferential groove in the sealing device, which is located in addition to the circumferential groove between the main body and the sealing lip of the sealing device.

25. A dual clutch system comprising:

at least one input and two outputs;

two clutch devices located between the input and a respective one of the two outputs, each clutch having an input part and an output part that can be brought into operative connection by an actuating device operated by a pressurizing agent;

at least one of the chambers that is pressurizable with pressurizing agent being assigned to the actuating device; and

further comprising the sealing system as recited in claim 1 being located between the actuating device and a housing wall of the chambers.

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 037732 FRAME 0347. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE APP. NO. 14/553248 SHOULD BE APP. NO. 14/553258. Recorded Oct 11, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 040404/0530 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG; SCHAEFFLER VERWALTUNGS 5 GMBH
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0228 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0347 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2012
From: LUK VERMOEGENSVERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 027915/0892 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 29, 2012
From: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
To: LUK VERMOEGENSVERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
Reel/Frame 027781/0207 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2008
From: GEORGE, PHILIP
To: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
Reel/Frame 021272/0232 →