Fichtel & Sachs Ag

Mannesmann Sachs Ag

Ulrich Husse

Wolfgang Grosspietsch

Karl Muller

Joachim Lindner

Lutz Leimbach

Thomas Otto

Thomas Wirth

Thomas Walter

Bernd Stockmann

Reiner Voss

Kurt Lindner

Stefan Rumpel

Herbert Berwind

An articulation head for a clutch-release rocker arm of a friction clutch of a motor vehicle is sealed with respect to dust and abraded material by means of an elastic sleeve. The sleeve is clamped between flanges of a ball shaft and a bearing shell. Consequently, the articulation head is particularly unsusceptible to wear and can be moved virtually without noise.

Articulation head for a clutch-release rocker arm of a friction clutch

A disengaging mechanism for a friction clutch which is arranged in a motor vehicle between an internal combustion engine and a transmission flanged to the internal combustion engine by a casing. The disengaging mechanism includes a guide pipe which is fastenable in the casing. A release bearing element is guided radially at the outer circumference of the guide pipe so as to be axially movable. The disengaging mechanism also includes a clutch lever which is to be articulated at the casing for transmitting clutch actuating forces. At least the guide pipe and the clutch lever are held together to form a constructional unit prior to installation in the motor vehicle. In the operation-ready state, the movement limiting components influence the movability of the disengaging mechanism. Assembly is facilitated by constructing the disengaging mechanism as a constructional unit, which can also contain the release bearing element.

Disengaging mechanism for a friction clutch

A friction clutch with at least one flywheel mass and a clutch housing with which there is associated a pressing arrangement for a pressing plate which is provided for the action of pressure on one side of a clutch disk the opposite side of which is supported on a counter pressure surface. Furthermore, a disengager is provided by which, upon its movement, the pressing arrangement can be functionally connected with or separated from the clutch disk. The disengager is connected by a disengagement mechanism to the pressing plate by which the movement of the disengager can be transformed into an axial movement of the pressing plate.

Friction clutch

A sliding sleeve for a disengagement mechanism for clutch actuation in motor vehicles has at least two pairs of cams with convexities of different heights from an actuation level on the sliding sleeve that is connectable to the clutch. Each of the pairs of cams selectively fits into a window of an oscillating link or clutch release fork, whereby the oscillating window and sliding sleeve have contours that fix the sliding sleeve at one position. By selecting which of the pair of cams engages the oscillating link or clutch release lever, different mounting heights of the actuation level on the sliding sleeve from the oscillating link or the clutch release fork may be realized.

Disengagement mechanism for clutch actuation in motor vehicles

A friction clutch which has a release bearing and a release element with a snap connection, whereby a bias spring device is provided which is pre-installed in a separate groove in the encircling bearing ring.

Friction clutch with a captive pre-load spring and a captive pre-load

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.

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Schweinfurt, Germany

Ulrich Husse