Patent ID: 7021444
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: B60K,F16D

Abstract:
1. Friction clutch for a drive assembly of a motor vehicle which operates between an internal-combustion engine and a transmission and comprises a clutch release device, the clutch release device being arranged inside a transmission/clutch housing having a clutch release bearing and a hydraulic operating device with a cylinder housing and an operating piston operating in the latter, wherein the cylinder housing of the hydraulic operating device is mounted on a bearing structure arranged adjacent to the internal-combustion engine and the friction clutch, which bearing structure is constructed independently of the transmission/clutch housing, wherein the bearing structure is fastened to a wall of the internal-combustion engine forming a face, wherein the bearing structure is equipped with a bearing plate arranged at a distance from the wall of the internal-combustion engine and from the friction clutch, on which bearing plate the cylinder housing of the operating device is mounted, and wherein the bearing plate is provided with fastening struts which are oriented toward the wall, reach around an outside diameter of the friction clutch, are supported on the wall and are fastened to that wall by means of screws.