Friction clutch for a motor vehicle transmission and a friction clutch having automatic adjustment for wear

US5560463A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Fichtel & Sachs · DE

Inventors

• Achim Link · Schweinfurt, DE
• Reinhold Weidinger · Unterspiesheim, DE
• Heiko Schulz-Andres · Hückeswagen, DE
• Klaus Elsner · Schweinfurt, DE
• Rainer Wiedmann · Diez, DE
• Ralf Nenninger · Werneck, DE
• Michael Weib · Dittelbrunn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 1994
• Grant date: Oct 1, 1996
• Expiry date: Oct 28, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D13/757
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle friction clutch with an automatic adjustment for wear of the friction linings, whereby distributed over the circumference of the pressure plate there are several clearance sensors which act on the thrust plate with the interposition of an adjustment device. Each clearance sensor is thereby mounted in a hole in the thrust plate, so that it can move axially against the force of an adapter sleeve.