Adjustable friction clutch assembly

US4617003A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Jean Walterscheid GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Helmut Bober · Neunkirchen, DE
• Theo Buthe · Lohmar, DE
• Karl Coenen · Siegburg, DE
• Norbert Fartmann · Hannover, DE
• Klaus Herbertz · Lohmar, DE
• Heinz Koch · Fellbach, DE
• Horst Kretschmer · Wetter (Ruhr), DE
• Clemens Nienhaus · Lohmar, DE
• Peter Schardt · Simmerath, DE
• Jurgen Schibrowski · Lohmar, DE
• Willi Schmandt · Siegburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 20, 1985
• Grant date: Oct 14, 1986
• Expiry date: May 20, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2001/103
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A clutch assembly capable of providing several predetermined settings, wherein the components which support springs applying torque are not subjected to bending loads. The settings are achieved in that a supporting ring supporting a pressure plate against a clutch housing is provided with radially outwardly extending cams which are offset relative to the center thereof with two rows of apertures being provided in a cylindrical face of the clutch housing which are axially offset and offset relative to the angle of rotation and which correspond to the cams of the supporting ring and within which the cams are engaged.