Clutch releasing device
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMototaka Nakane, Hideichi Hori
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Abstract
A clutch releasing device for positively releasing a disc assembly from a flywheel and for providing a predetermined value of a distance between an engagement surface of the flywheel and a friction surface of the disc assembly, comprises a cylindrical member disposed between the disc assembly and an antifriction bearing supported on the drive shaft and the flywheel, and an annular resilient member disposed between the cylindrical member and the clutch hub.
Claims7
In a clutch assembly having a driving member, a driven member mounted on said driving member through a bearing means, a disc assembly having a hub drivingly and axially slidable mounted on said driven member,
- a clutch releasing device comprising a cylindrical member interposed between said hub of disc assembly and said bearing means,
- a resilient means operatively connected to said hub and said cylindrical member for positively urging said disc assembly in one direction wherein said disc assembly is released from said driving member, and
- a spring means interposed between said bearing and said resilient means for normally urging said resilient means in said one direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.