| US 7,341,137 B2 | ||
| Clutch assembly | ||
| Gerd Ahnert, Sasbach (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Luk Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG, Buehl (Germany) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/510,921 PCT Filed Apr. 10, 2003, PCT No. PCT/DE03/01176 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Apr. 15, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO03/087607, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 23, 2003. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 102 15 715 (DE), filed on Apr. 10, 2002; and application No. 102 46 047 (DE), filed on Oct. 02, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0199467 A1, Sep. 15, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. F16D 13/48 (2006.01); F16D 27/00 (2006.01); F16D 13/75 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 192—109A [192/84.6; 192/70.252] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A clutch assembly comprising:
a clutch including a clutch lining having a springiness;
a pressure plate configured to engage the clutch, the pressure plate being axially moveable against a force of the springiness
of the lining;
a clutch-release system;
a release bearing;
a lever plate supported in a peripheral region and transmitting with leverage a release force to the pressure plate, the release
force being applied by the clutch-release system to the release bearing; and
a clutch actuator having a linear compensating spring and exerting an actuating force on the release bearing, the actuating
force being amplified by a force of the linear compensating spring,
wherein a spring force acts on the lever plate in a direction of the force of the springiness of the lining, the spring force
being within an order of magnitude of the force of the linear compensating spring.
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