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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1991
Carlos L Perez, Madrid, ES;
Jose F de Mera, Mostoles-Madrid, ES;
Valeo, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A clutch control device comprises a rotatable driving member to which one end of a traction cable is circumferentially attached, the traction cable having a coupling piece at its other end. The control device also includes a sleeve member which is in telescopic engagement with the coupling piece, with releasable locking means arranged between the sleeve member and the coupling piece. The sleeve member is arranged for connection to a control linkage, leading for example to a clutch pedal; and the control device also has a spring which urges the sleeve member towards the coupling piece. Any wear occurring upstream of the device, for example in the associated clutch, is automatically taken up due to the provision of resilient preloading means which tend to maintain the traction cable under tension and which act between the fixed support or housing member of the assembly and the coupling piece, which is thereby biassed towards the sleeve member.