Resilient torque transmitting connection for friction clutch plate

Claim 1

A FRICTION CLUTCH PLATE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES COMPRISING A PLATE HAVING A FLAT RIM PORTION PROVIDED WITH FRICTION LININGS ON BOTH FACES, A HUB COAXIALLY ARRANGED WITH THE RIM AND A RESILIENT CONNECTION FOR RESILIENTLY TRANSMITTING TORQUE BETWEEN SAID HUB AND RIM, SAID RESILIENT CONNECTION COMPRISING A FLAT FLANGE SITUATED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE RIM PLANE, A PAIR OF FLANGES SECURED TO THE RIM EXTENDING FROM THE LATTER TOWARDS THE HUB ENCLOSING THEREBETWEEN THE FLAT FLANGE IN A SPACED RELATIONSHIP IN AN AXIAL DIRECTION, AT LEAST A PAIR OF EYELETS EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY IN AXIAL ALIGHMENT IN THEIR RESPECTIVE RIM FLANGES WITHIN THE DIAMETER OF THE FLAT FLANGE, A PAIR OF RIGID AXIALLY ALIGNED PEGS EXTENDING FROM THE FLAT FLANGE THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE EYELETS, A FILLING OF RESILIENT SOLID RUBBER IN THE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE RIM FLANGES, MEANS BONDING SAID FILLING BOTH TO THE FLAT FLANGE AND RIM FLANGES TO ACT AS A RESILIENT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HUB AND RIM FOR TRANSMITTING TORQUE, A RECESS IN SAID FILLING AROUND EACH OF SAID PEGS OPENING TO THE OUTSIDE THROUGHOUT THE AREA OF ITS RESPECTIVE EYELET, WHEREBY THE PEGS ARE EACH FREE TO COME INTO BEARING CONTACT WITH THE END PORTIONS OF THE IRRESPECTIVE EYELET AS A GIVEN POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE VALUE OF TRANSMITTED TORQUE IN EXCEEDED, THE VALUE OF SAID TORQUE BEING LOWER THAN THE MAXIMUM TORQUE TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH THE RESILIENT CONNECTION.