Cone friction clutch having an actuator and a lever for disengaging the clutch
AssigneeKendrion (Villingen) GmbH
InventorBjörn Bergfeld
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Abstract
A coupling arrangement is provided and includes a first component, a second component, a press-on element, and an actuating unit, such that the second component can be displaced from a first position to a second position. The actuating unit includes an actuator and a lever rotatably mounted in the second component about an axis of rotation perpendicular to a longitudinal axis and having a contact surface to contact a fixed mating surface. The contact surface and/or the mating surface has a convex curvature, and the actuator and the lever cooperate such that the movement of the actuator along the longitudinal axis is converted into movement of the lever on the mating surface, and such that the second component is displaced along the longitudinal axis in the second position.
Claims9
A coupling arrangement (24) comprising:
- a first component (12), which defines a longitudinal axis (L);
- a second component (14), which is displaceably mounted along the longitudinal axis (L);
- a press-on element (16), which pretensions the second component (14) in a first position, in which the second component (14) is in frictional engagement with the first component (12);
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- an actuating unit (18), with which the second component (14) can be displaced from the first position to a second position, in which the second component (14) is distanced from the first component (12), wherein the actuating unit (18)
- an actuator (20), which is displaceable along the longitudinal axis (L) and thereby provides an opening force;
- and
- a lever (22) which is rotatably mounted in the second component (14) about an axis of rotation (D) that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (L), and has a contact surface (26), with which the lever (22) is in contact with a fixed mating surface (28), wherein the contact surface (26) and/or the mating surface (28) has a convex curvature (30),
- wherein the actuator (20) and the lever (22) cooperate in such a way that the movement of the actuator (20) along the longitudinal axis (L) is converted into a movement of the lever (22) on the mating surface (28), whereby the second component (14) is displaced along the longitudinal axis (L) in the second position, and
- wherein the lever (22) is a two-sided lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.