Release bearing

A release bearing for actuating a clutch, comprising:

• a bearing ring, which is arranged non-rotatably on a sliding sleeve mounted on a transmission input shaft,
• a rotatable bearing ring, which interacts with a spring of the clutch,
• a row of rolling elements, which are arranged radially between the two bearing rings and have pressure lines oriented obliquely with respect to a bearing longitudinal axis,
• wherein the release bearing is configured to compensate for a reaction force, which is tilted relative to the bearing longitudinal axis and acts on the rotatable bearing ring,
• wherein the rolling elements are each in the form of bodies of revolution with a circular-arc-shaped generatrix, wherein a center angle between radii bounding the circular-arc-shaped generatrix is smaller than 180°,
• wherein the non-rotatable bearing ring has a raceway which is adapted in complementary fashion to a shape of the rolling elements and which guides the rolling elements in an axial direction, and
• wherein the rotatable bearing ring has a raceway which is adapted to the shape of the rolling elements and which is in the form of a spherical surface with a sphere radius corresponding to the generatrix of the rolling elements.