Self centering clutch release bearing
AssigneeSKF Industrial Trading and Development Company, B.V.
InventorKlaus Lonne
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Abstract
A self centering clutch release bearing assembly having a central axis of rotation includes a supporting member, a first non-rotatable race adapted to be engaged by the clutch shift mechanism and a second rotatable race between which are located a plurality of anti-friction bodies. The first race is mounted on the supporting member to be resiliently movable about a pivot point at an angle thereto. The second race has a spherical surface adapted to engage the clutch release levers. The means for mounting the first race is arranged so that the forces acting upon it lie in a plane intersecting the axis of the bearing at a point, the point forming the pivot of angular movement of the first race and coinciding with the radial center of the spherical surface of the second race.
Claims7
A self centering clutch release bearing assembly having a central axis, comprising a supporting member, a first non-rotatable race adapted to engage a shift mechanism, means mounting said first race on said supporting member to be resiliently movable about a pivot point at an angle thereto, a second rotatable race, and a plurality of anti-friction bodies rotated therebetween, said second race having a spherical surface adapted to engage a clutch release member, said means for mounting said first race being arranged so that the point forming the pivot of angular movement of said bearing coincides with the center of the spherical surface of said second race and lies on the axis of said bearing in a plane intersecting the axis of said bearing in which the forces acting on said first race lie.
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