US 2004/0069587 A1 · Pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch

Abstract

A pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch comprises a housing arrangement; a pressure plate, which is inside the housing arrangement and which can rotate along with it around an axis of rotation; a force-exerting arrangement, preferably a force-storing device, supported against the housing arrangement and the pressure plate; and a wear take-up device in the path of force transmission between the force-exerting arrangement and the pressure plate. At least one wear take-up element can be moved in order to compensate for wear, and an adjusting element is able to make an adjusting movement which causes the minimum of one wear take-up element to move and thus to compensate for wear, where the adjusting element can be caused to execute its adjusting movement by the action of centrifugal force.

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Dependent claims

A pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch, comprising:

a housing;
a pressure plate which can rotate with said housing about an axis of rotation;
a force-exerting arrangement supported against said housing and exerting a force on said pressure plate along a path of force transmission;
a wear take-up element in said path of force transmission, said wear take-up element being movable to compensate for wear of said friction clutch;
and
an adjusting element which can move to cause said wear take-up element to move in order to compensate for wear, said adjusting element moving in response to centrifugal force on said adjusting element.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch

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Pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch

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Abstract

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