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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1998
Reinhold Weidinger, Unterspiesheim, DE;
Michael Weiss, Dittelbrunn, DE;
Mannesmann Sachs AG, Scweinfurt, DE;
Abstract
A friction clutch having a housing which is connectable with a flywheel of an internal combustion engine so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative to the flywheel. A pressure plate is arranged in the housing and is acted upon by a spring for pressing a clutch disk provided with friction facings against the flywheel. A compensation device, that includes at least one element which is changeable along its axial dimension, serves to compensate for the change in position of the pressure plate brought about by wear of the friction facings. A feeler is arranged so that it cannot change position relative to the pressure plate. The contact pressing force of the spring acts on the pressure plate via the compensation device. The feeler is arranged in the housing and a spring, which is fastened to the pressure plate and exerts an axial force on the compensation device, contacts the feeler at its free end.