Patent · US Expired

Sliding sleeve for clutch shifters

US4576268A · kind A · utility

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5References

3Claims

0Family size

Assignee

SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH · DE

Inventors

Manfred Brandenstein · Aschfeld, DE
Lothar Walter · Schweinfurt, DE
Roland Haas · Lendershausen, DE
Herbert Dobhan · Bergrheinfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 2, 1982
Grant date	Mar 18, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 2, 2002

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16D23/14
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sliding sleeve for a clutch shifter particularly for automobile clutches comprising an elongated hub body made of a plastic material, a thrust collar which protrudes radially outwardly from the hub body and includes contact surfaces for the shift lever of the clutch and for the shift bearing, at least two lugs secured in the hub body and directed radially inwardly adjacent the bore of the thrust collar, each lug being of generally U-shaped cross section to define a groove for the shift lever extending in an axial direction and a thin plastic layer overlying the side surfaces of the groove receiving the projections of the shift lever in the hub body and the adjacent surfaces of the ends of the lugs directed radially outwardly and running parallel to the contact surfaces.

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