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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2001
Klaus Gorzitzke, Gochsheim, DE;
Winfried Herterich, Wasserlosen, DE;
Wolfgang Knauer, Königsberg, DE;
Walter Lindner, Schwebheim, DE;
Achim Link, Schweinfurt, DE;
Gerhard Röll, Eisenheim, DE;
Reinhold Weidinger, Kolitzheim, DE;
Mannesmann Sachs AG, Schweinfurt, DE;
Abstract
A pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch includes a housing; a pressure plate held in the housing with freedom to move in the same direction as that in which a rotational axis (A) extends; a stored-energy element; and a wear-compensating device acting in the path of force transmission between the stored-energy element and the pressure plate and/or between the stored-energy element and the housing arrangement, where the wear-compensating device has at least one adjusting element able to move in an adjusting direction to compensate for wear. A clearance-producing arrangement includes at least one gripping element, where the minimum of one gripping element has a body section, one end of which is attached to the assembly consisting of the pressure plate and the housing, between which assembly and the stored-energy element the wear-compensating device acts. The other end of the body section is designed with a blocking section projecting laterally from the body section to act on the wear-compensating device and to interact with a blocking element, which is able to shift position relative to at least part of the gripping element when wear occurs. It is in the area of its body section that the minimum of one gripping element interacts with the blocking element.