Friction clutch with mechanically-operated concentric disengagement device

US5806646A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Fichtel & Sachs · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Grosspietsch · Schweinfurt, DE
• Thomas Otto · Würzburg, DE
• Thomas Walter · Kolitzheim, DE
• Ulrich Husse · Schweinfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 3, 1996
• Grant date: Sep 15, 1998
• Expiry date: Sep 3, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2023/123
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A friction clutch with a mechanically-operated disengagement device that includes two elements that can be turned relative to one another, which are arranged concentric to the rotational axis and are supported on the clutch housing, on the one hand, and on the operating elements of the friction clutch on the other. These two elements are connected to the clutch pedal with a cable, on the one hand, and with a sheath, on the other.