Patent ID: 6311816
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: F16D,F16F

Abstract:
A pressure plate housing for connection with an inertia mass in a clutch of a motor vehicle, comprising:a disk-shaped housing cover; anda housing wall projecting from said disk-shaped housing cover and having a free end supportable on the inertia mass, said housing wall being shaped for forming a plurality of recesses and being arrangeable for receiving connection elements in said plural recesses for connecting said pressure plate housing to the inertia mass, said housing cover and said housing wall being integrally produced from a formed piece of sheet metal, wherein said housing wall comprises a plurality of sheet metal strips formed as an integral part with said disk-shaped housing cover and angled downward from said disk-shaped housing cover, said plural sheet metal strips being mutually spaced apart along a circumference of said disk-shaped housing cover.