Clutch assembly
First Claim
1. Clutch assembly including a friction clutch with a pressure plate which can be non-rotatably connected with a counterpressure plate with limited freedom of axial movement, at least one biasing spring being provided to act upon the pressure plate in a direction toward a clutch disc which has friction linings and can be clamped between the pressure plate and the counterpressure plate, there being further provided an adjusting device which can compensate at least for the wear upon the friction linings of the clutch disc and which effects a substantially unchanged application of force from the biasing spring to the pressure plate, the friction clutch further comprising actuating means which can disengage and engage the friction clutch and is actuatable by a disengaging member which is movable axially by disengaging means, the actuating means being shifted axially in the direction of disengaging movement in dependency at least on the wear upon the friction linings, a device which at least substantially compensates for axial displacement of the actuating means being provided to operate between the disengaging means and the actuating means.
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Abstract
A friction clutch has a pressure plate which is axially movably but non-rotatably coupled to a flywheel on the output element of the engine in a motor vehicle and is acted upon by a diaphragm spring which causes the pressure plate and the flywheel to frictionally engage the friction linings of a clutch disc when the clutch is engaged. The wear upon the friction linings is compensated by a device which causes the diaphragm spring to move toward the flywheel and operates between the clutch housing and the diaphragm spring.
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- 1. Clutch assembly including a friction clutch with a pressure plate which can be non-rotatably connected with a counterpressure plate with limited freedom of axial movement, at least one biasing spring being provided to act upon the pressure plate in a direction toward a clutch disc which has friction linings and can be clamped between the pressure plate and the counterpressure plate, there being further provided an adjusting device which can compensate at least for the wear upon the friction linings of the clutch disc and which effects a substantially unchanged application of force from the biasing spring to the pressure plate, the friction clutch further comprising actuating means which can disengage and engage the friction clutch and is actuatable by a disengaging member which is movable axially by disengaging means, the actuating means being shifted axially in the direction of disengaging movement in dependency at least on the wear upon the friction linings, a device which at least substantially compensates for axial displacement of the actuating means being provided to operate between the disengaging means and the actuating means.
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