Clutch cover assembly having a wear compensation device

A clutch cover assembly couplable to a flywheel, for engaging and disengaging a clutch disk to and from an input shaft of a transmission, comprising:

• a dish shaped clutch cover fixed to a flywheel;
• a disc shaped pressure plate disposed within said clutch cover, having a pressing surface contactable with one side of a clutch disk disposed between said pressure plate and said flywheel;
• a support member disposed opposite the pressing surface of said pressure plate being non-rotatable with respect to said pressure plate and movable in an axial direction;
• a pressing member urging said pressure plate toward said flywheel via said support member, said pressing member and said support member having a predetermined position relative each other initially;
• a wear compensation device disposed between said pressure plate and said support member, restrictively supporting the support member at the predetermined position, and displacing the support member with respect to said pressure plate and thereby returning said support member to the predetermined position with respect to said pressing member after said support member and said pressure plate were displaced from the predetermined position due to wear on the clutch disk during clutch engagement;
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• strap plates elastically flexible in the axial direction, connecting said clutch cover and said support member to rotate together.