Mannesmann Sachs Ag

Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

Wolfgang Knauer

Achim Link

Reinhold Weidinger

Andreas Orlamünder

Erwin Ziegler

Sebastian Vogt

Klaus Gorzitzke

Gerhard R&ouml;ll

Winfried Herterich

J&uuml;rgen Kleifges

Georg Zink

Walter Lindner

Peter Eichelsbacher

Wolfgang Reiber

Johann Dobler

J&ouml;rg Lampe

Oswald Gr&uuml;newald

Michael Zottmann

Gerhard Röll

Klaus Seemann

Matthias Dörfler

Oliver Michalke

Helmut Röpke

Dominik Joa

A pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch includes a housing for mounting to a flywheel; a pressure plate, held in the housing with the freedom to move in the same direction as that of a rotational axis (A); a stored-energy element; and a wear-compensating device acting in the path of force transmission between the stored-energy element and the pressure plate, where the wear-compensating device has at least one adjusting element, which can move in an adjusting direction to compensate for wear. A clearance-producing arrangement includes a gripping element provided on the pressure plate, which element comes or can be brought to rest against a blocking element (fixed in position relative to the housing arrangement upon the occurrence of wear. When the housing arrangement is being attached to the flywheel arrangement, the blocking element arrives in state in which it is able to enter into a blocking interaction with the associated gripping element.

Pressure plate assembly

A pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch includes a housing; a pressure plate held in the housing with freedom to move in the same direction as that in which a rotational axis (A) extends; a stored-energy element; and a wear-compensating device acting in the path of force transmission between the stored-energy element and the pressure plate and/or between the stored-energy element and the housing arrangement, where the wear-compensating device has at least one adjusting element able to move in an adjusting direction to compensate for wear. A clearance-producing arrangement includes at least one gripping element, where the minimum of one gripping element has a body section, one end of which is attached to the assembly consisting of the pressure plate and the housing, between which assembly and the stored-energy element the wear-compensating device acts. The other end of the body section is designed with a blocking section projecting laterally from the body section to act on the wear-compensating device and to interact with a blocking element, which is able to shift position relative to at least part of the gripping element when wear occurs. It is in the area of its body section that the minimum of one gripping element interacts with the blocking element.

A pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch includes a housing, a pressure plate held in the housing arrangement with freedom to move axially, and a stored-energy element transmitting force along a path between the housing and the pressure plate. A wear-compensating device acting in the path of force transmission has at least one adjusting element able to move in an adjusting direction to compensate for wear. At least one spring element pretensions the minimum of one adjusting element for movement in the adjusting direction, where at least certain areas of the minimum of one spring element extend in the circumferential direction relative to the rotational axis (A). A support arrangement supports the area of the spring element extending essentially in the circumferential direction radially from the outside and/or radially from the inside relative to the rotational axis (A).

A thrust plate assembly for a motor vehicle friction clutch with automatic wear compensation includes a housing fastened to a flywheel for common rotation about an axis of rotation. An axially displaceable pressure plate is connected with the housing so as to be substantially fixed with respect to rotation relative to it and has a friction face on a side facing the flywheel. An axially acting spring device presses the pressure plate toward the flywheel via an axially acting adjusting mechanism and accordingly can clamp a driven part arranged between the pressure plate and the flywheel. At least one play sensor is guided in the thrust plate assembly so as to be substantially axially displaceable against friction. A wear detection portion of the play sensor is axially displaceable in the thrust plate assembly in response to wear and an actuation portion of the play sensor cooperates with the adjusting mechanism for allowing an axial lengthening of the adjusting mechanism in response to wear. The thrust assembly also includes at least one device for securing the adjusting mechanism against rotation.

Thrust plate assembly with means for securing against displacement

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Königsberg, Germany

Wolfgang Knauer