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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jacques Thirion De Briel, Colombes, FR;
Michel Blard, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Assignee:
Valeo, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 7025 ; 1921 / ; 1881 / ;
Abstract
A device for taking up clearance designed to equip a diaphragm friction clutch, having circumferentially distributed ramps designed to cooperate with the thrust plate of the clutch, support areas designed to receive the axial force of the diaphragm of the clutch and a toothing designed to drive them in rotation: the device consists of a ring having on one of its faces ramps alternating circumferentially with support areas constituting the support area.