Patent · US Expired

Release system for a clutch assembly

US6622836B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

10Claims

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Assignee

Mannesmann Sachs AG · DE

Inventors

Thomas Otto · Würzburg, DE
Herbert Voit · Schweinfurt, DE
Manfred Wehner · Geisenheim, DE
Frank Hirschmann · Niederwerrn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 16, 2001
Grant date	Sep 23, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 27, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16D2125/06
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A release system for a clutch assembly comprises a release slide, which is or can be connected to a stored-energy element of the clutch assembly to execute release movements, and at least one brake element, which can move along with the release slide during the execution of release movements. This brake element can be brought into braking interaction with an opposing brake element which is or can be connected in an essentially nonrotatable manner to a clutch output shaft, where the release slide and the minimum of one brake element form a piston/cylinder unit with at least one fluid chamber. Pressure fluid is introduced into the minimum of one fluid chamber to produce a force which preloads or moves the minimum of one brake element relative to the release slide.

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