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Clutch device

US10036430B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Florian Nachtmann · Strasbourg, FR
Felix Vogel · Baden-Baden, DE
Willi Ruder · Lahr (Eifel), DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 10, 2013
Grant date	Jul 31, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 7, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16D2023/123
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A clutch device comprising a counterplate, a pressure plate displaceable to a limited extent in an axial direction to frictionally clamp a clutch disc between the pressure plate and the counterplate, a lever element acting on the pressure plate to displace the pressure plate in an axial direction, a central flange at least partially disposed between the pressure plate and the lever element and having at least one opening for the pressure plate and/or the lever element to pass through, and a wear compensation device for automatically adapting to clutch wear, wherein to prevent any undesired wear compensation, the lever element is engageable with the central flange.

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