Leaf spring arrangement, especially for attaching the pressure plate of a pressure plate assembly to a housing

US6702082B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Mannesmann Sachs AG · DE

Inventors

• Matthias Dorfler · Schweinfurt, DE
• Andreas Orlamünder · Schweinfurt, DE
• Andreas Dau · Würzburg, DE
• Albert Kammermeier · Gerolzhofen, DE
• Hartmut Bach · Schweinfurt, DE
• Cora Carlson · Dittelbrunn, DE
• Gunther Esly · Wasserlosen, DE
• Reinhard Feldhaus · Ebenhausen, DE
• Ingrid Hoffelner · Knetzgau, DE
• Christoph Kleuker · Gochsheim, DE
• Paul Kraus · Niederwerrn, DE
• Bernd Peinemann · Niederwerrn, DE
• Michael Peterseim · Bergrheinfeld, DE
• Gerhard R{overscore (o)}ll · Volkach, DE
• Ralf Till · Euerbach, DE
• Sebastian Vogt · Jena, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 9, 2004
• Expiry date: Oct 5, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T403/45
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A leaf spring arrangement, especially for connecting a pressure plate to a housing, comprises a plurality of adjacent leaf spring elements, where each leaf spring element has a first attachment area for establishing the connection the pressure plate, a second attachment area for establishing the connection to the housing, and a connecting area extending between the first attachment area and the second attachment area. At least certain areas of at least two of the leaf spring elements are spaced apart between their first attachment area and their second attachment area.