Self-adjusting clutch release bearing
AssigneeINA-Schaeffler KG
InventorsBernhard Klöpfer, Steffen Dittmer, Ludwig Winkelmann
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Abstract
A release bearing includes a rolling-contact bearing having a non-rotatable outer ring, a rotating inner ring, and plural rolling members located between the outer and inner rings. The inner ring is intended to interact with an adjustment ring which has a ring flange for abutment against a disk spring of a clutch mechanism. Disposed in a support zone between the inner ring and the adjustment ring is a sliding element whereby the support zone is configured in the form of complementary calotte-shaped portions so that the adjustment ring and the inner ring are movable relative to one another for effecting a self-adjustment of the release bearing.
Claims21
A release bearing, comprising:
- a rolling-contact bearing having a non-rotatable outer ring, a rotating inner ring, and plural rolling members located between the outer and inner rings;
- an adjustment ring having a ring flange for abutment against a disk spring of a clutch mechanism;
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- a sliding element made of bearing material and disposed in a support zone, which is defined between the inner ring and the adjustment ring and configured by complementary calotte-shaped portions so that the adjustment ring and the inner ring are movable relative to one another for effecting a self-adjustment of the release bearing, wherein the sliding element is connected to the adjustment ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.