Patent · US Expired

Motor vehicle friction clutch with automatic wear adjustment

US5690203A · kind A · utility

31Cited by

8References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Fichtel & Sachs · DE

Inventors

Achim Link · Schweinfurt, DE
Reinhold Weidinger · Unterspiesheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 23, 1996
Grant date	Nov 25, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 23, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16D13/757
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle friction clutch which makes an automatic wear adjustment, whereby there is at least one clearance sensor which acts by means of an actuator lever which points radially inward on an adjustment device, is located opposite the application plate, and consists of a ring element which is realized in the form of a sheet metal ring which encircles the axis of rotation concentrically. As a result of the combination of these two elements, it is possible to make do with only one clearance sensor, which means that the overall system can be manufactured economically.

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