Torque transmitting device

Claim 1

IN A TORQUE TRANSMITTING DEVICE, THE COMBINATION OF PLURAL GROUPS OF RELATIVELY ROTATABLE DRIVING AND DRIVEN DISKS SHIFTABLE INTO TORQUE TRANSMITTING ENGAGEMENT RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, ONE OF THE DISKS OF ONE OF THE GROUPS HAVING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED OPENINGS THEREIN, MEANS ENGAGING THE DRIVING AND DRIVEN DISKS, AND BIASING MEANS DISENGAGING THE DRIVING AND DRIVEN DISKS, THE BIASING MEANS INCLUDING ARCUATE RESILIENT ELEMENTS POSITIONED IN EACH OF THE OPENINGS IN SAID ONE DISK AND EXTENDING ALONG THE SIDES THEREOF, THE ARC OF THE RESILIENT ELEMENTS CORRESPONDING TO THE ARC OF THE DISK AT THE RESPECTIVE OPENING FOR EACH RESILIENT ELEMENT, THE RESILIENT ELEMENTS EACH HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE CLAMPING PORTION RETAINING THE RESILIENT ELEMENTS WITHIN THE RESPECTIVE OPENINGS AND END SPRING FINGERS OF BOW SHAPE OPPOSITELY EXTENDING FROM THE CLAMPING PORTION SO AS TO FORM A SUBSTANTIALLY S-SHAPED CONFIGURATION, THE SPRING FINGERS OF EACH RESILIENT ELEMENT HAVING THE APEXES THEREOF ENGAGING AND URGING ADJACENT DISKS OF SAID ONE OF THE GROUPS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID ONE DISK OUT OF TORQUE TRANSMITTING RELATION WITH THE DISKS OF ANOTHER GROUP, THE RESILIENT ELEMENTS EACH HAVING A CONTINUOUS WIDTH OVER THE ENTIRE LENGTH THEREOF.