Patent ID: 6189670
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
Device for operating a clutch, the device comprising:a thrust ball bearing, equipped with a non-rotating race and with a rotating race, capable of acting on a diaphragm of a clutch mechanism,a fixed guide tube means,an operating element including a tubular portion and a radial flange portion extending substantially radially, the operating element being movable axially along the guide tube means, andan elastic self-alignment member arranged radially between the thrust ball bearing and the substantially tubular portion of the operating element and located adjacent an interior surface of the non-rotating race and secured to the non-rotating race, the elastic self-alignment member including an annular scraping means which rubs against the guide tube means to form a scraping seal, wherein the scraping means is in contact with a bearing surface of a free end of the tubular portion of the operating element.