Patent ID: 6216840
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A clutch-release device for operating a friction clutch arranged in a power train of a vehicle between an internal combustion engine and a manual shift transmission and surrounding a drive shaft of the transmission, the device comprisinga release bearing which forms with a sliding sleeve a release unit;a locally fixed guide sleeve passing through the sliding sleeve and guiding the release unit for axial movement, the guide sleeve having an annular flange at one end;a clutch lever for transferring operating forces to the release bearing which in an installed state of the clutch release device is held for swivel movement in a locally fixed articulated joint;a holding element with which all component parts of the clutch-release device are held safe against loss;wherein the holding element is a disc-like holding element that is supported on the annular flange and has at least one axially protruding spring clip which engages behind a component part of the clutch-release device so that the holding action of the at least one spring clip becomes disengaged in the installed state.