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Clutch operator for a disconnectable clutch in motor vehicles

US7416070B2 · kind B2 · utility

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28Claims

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Assignee

Ina Schaeffler KG · DE

Inventors

Ludwig Winkelmann · Erlangen, DE
Steffen Dittmer · Herzogenaurach, DE
Bernhard Klopfer · Bad Windsheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 5, 2005
Grant date	Aug 26, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 31, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16C2361/43
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A clutch operator for a disconnectable clutch useful in a motor vehicle, and having a self-adjusting release bearing supported on a housing and in the form of a rolling-contact bearing designed as an inclined-shoulder bearing. The bearing has an outer bearing ring, a rotating inner bearing ring and rolling bodies guided between the rings. An adjusting ring at the inner bearing ring. A sliding element in a supporting region of the adjusting ring on the inner bearing ring, and being in the form of complementary spherical-cap segments. A noise-reducing and wear-reducing coating, on which a spring element connected to the disconnectable clutch is supported at a radially oriented annular flange of the adjusting ring.

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