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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:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andreas Orlamunder, Schweinfurt, DE;
Matthias Fischer, Eltingshausen, DE;
Assignee:
Fichtel & Sachs AG, Schweinfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 7025 ; 1921 / ;
Abstract
A motor vehicle friction clutch with automatic wear compensation has a wear compensation element, which wear compensation element can rotate around a clutch axis. The friction clutch also includes an adjustment device, which adjustment device includes a worm rotatably mounted on a carrier. The wear compensation element is a worm gear that meshes with the worm to advance the wear compensation element along the clutch axis to compensate for wear. Axial play in the direction of the clutch axis is provided between the worm gear and the worm to detect wear of the friction linings.