Clutch with structural plates, especially of carbon-carbon

Claim 1

In a clutch with structural plates of carbon-carbon, comprising: a drive flywheel, a first driving plate forming with the flywheel a first non-clutching interface, at least one pair of driven plates connected to an output shaft, a next adjacent driving plate being interposed between each pair of driven plates, a second driving plate, a thrust plate forming with the second driving plate, a second non-clutching interface, a casing with a mechanism operable to apply pressure to the thrust plate and provided with a plurality of bars fitted into respective radial recesses of the driving plates and being fixed to the flywheel, the improvement wherein said clutch further includes a packing-up device eliminating play at at least one of the non-clutching interfaces and comprising means pressing the second driving plate against said thrust plate, and wherein the packing-up device further comprises at least one resilient metal tongue located between the second driving plate and a next adjacent driving plate, and said at least one resilient metal tongue having an operative curved end pressing the second driving plate against said thrust plate.