US Patent 8991577 Parallel dual clutch unit

The present invention relates to a parallel dual clutch unit (2) for arrangement in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle between a drive unit (4) and a transmission (6), which comprises a first multi-plate clutch (30) assigned to a first transmission input shaft (10) and having a first plate pack (38), a first inner plate carrier (36) and a first outer plate carrier (34) for selective torque transmission between the drive unit (4) and the first transmission input shaft (10), and a second multi-plate clutch (32) assigned to a second transmission input shaft (12) and having a second plate pack (44), a second inner plate carrier (42) and a second outer plate carrier (40) for selective torque transmission between the drive unit (4) and the second transmission input shaft (12), the first inner plate carrier (36) being embodied as input side and the first outer plate carrier (34) as output side of the first multi-plate clutch (30), while the second inner plate carrier (42) is embodied as output side and the second outer plate carrier (40) as input side of the second multi-plate clutch (32).