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AssigneeChristian Bauer GmbH + Co.
InventorsLothar Bruckner, August Kastner
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The invention relates to a clutch, particularly a multi-disk clutch, of an, in particular, manual transmission for, in particular, vehicles having a spring force of a spring device, said spring force influencing the adjusting force, which is produced in a power source and which serves to actuate the clutch. This clutch should be able to operated while maintaining predetermined closing and/opening times that are as precise as possible. In addition, the closing and/or opening times should be independent of possible changes in properties of the spring device. To this end, a clutch of the aforementioned type is characterized in that the spring device (3) and/or at least one of its thrust bearings is provided with a sensor (4), which detects solid body changes and which serves to determine the spring force exerted by the spring device (3), and a device for transmitting the determined measured values for controlling and/or regulating the adjusting power source.
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A disk clutch, with which a first body (1) and a second body (2) in which a pressure valve (5) to which a hydraulic pressure is applied is mounted in a rotationally fixed but axially displaceable manner, can be connected to one another in a non-positive manner via intermeshing disks that can be acted upon by the force of a pressure valve (5), of a manual transmission for motor vehicles in particular, with a spring force of a spring mechanism which influences the adjusting force produced by a power source for operation of the clutch, wherein the spring mechanism (3) and/or at least one of its thrust bearings is/are provided with a sensor (4) which detects solid-state changes for determining the spring force emanating from the spring mechanism (3) and a device for transmitting the measured values thus determined for regulating the adjusting power source, whereby a deceleration force of the hydraulic pressure applied to the pressure valve (5) counteracting the spring mechanism in the opening of the clutch is part of the adjusting force or thrust force acting on the clutch.
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