Patent ID: 6328148
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A hydraulic clutch release mechanism, comprising:a cylinder-piston unit including a cylindrical housing having an internal surface, a guide having an external surface spacedly surrounded by and defining with said internal surface a plenum chamber, and a piston having first and second end portions and being reciprocable in said chamber;a seal disposed in said chamber at one end portion of said piston and including a first section contacting said internal surface, a second section contacting said external surface and a third section form-lockingly engaging said one end portion of said piston; andan annular retainer affixed to said piston and including a portion form-lockingly engaging said seal,wherein said third section of said seal includes a first part which form-lockingly engages said one end portion of said piston and a second part which form-lockingly engages said portion of said retainer.