Patent · US Expired

Bearing and clutch diaphragm assembly

US3963105A · kind A · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

SKF Industrial Trading & Development Company, B.V. · NL

Inventors

Horst M. Ernst · Eltingshausen, DE
Manfred Brandenstein · Aschfeld, DE
Armin Olschewski · Schweinfurt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 23, 1974
Grant date	Jun 15, 1976
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 23, 1994

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16D23/143
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A friction clutch integrated with a clutch release bearing for use with automotive vehicles. The friction clutch is provided with a disc shape spring release member in which a plurality of radial slots are formed creating a corresponding number of radially extending spring-like arms. The clutch release bearing is formed as an anti-friction bearing wherein one of its race members has an annular shoulder extending substantially axially away from the rolling bodies located therebetween. The shoulder is provided with several tabs, or tangs, uniformly distributed about its free end and which extend through the slots between adjacent pairs of the spring release arms.

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