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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hubert Beitler, Kornwestheim, DE;
Ernst Tscheplak, Osterreich, DE;
Assignee:
Daimler-Benz Atiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1921 / ; 192 7025 ; 192 98 ;
Abstract
A friction clutch whereby the operating force characteristic is made largely independent of the wear of the clutch disk. The friction clutch is characterized in that in the engaged position of the clutch, the initial position of a clutch plate corresponding to an initial thickness of the clutch disk corresponds to a stop position of a spring in the direction of a displacement of a pressure plate against the clutch disk, from which the spring produces the superimposed elastic force when the pressure plate is displaced in the direction of clutch disk.