Clutch release bearing assemblies

US4159052A · kind A · utility

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 26, 1979
• Expiry date: May 23, 1994

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D23/143
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A clutch release bearing for use with a friction clutch for automotive vehicles having a ring-shaped spring release member. The clutch release bearing is formed as an anti-friction bearing wherein one of its race members has a portion extending axially away from the rolling bodies. The extending portion projects a distance sufficient to be inserted within the bore of the spring release member and to pass behind the rear wall and engage therewith. The race members of the bearing are made of sheet metal and are folded to provide substantially radial walls adapted to engage the front face of the spring release member or the clutch release actuating member. The projection of the one race member may be cylindrical or it may project as a ring-shaped body having slots forming resilient fingers interengaging with the arms of the spring release member.