Patent ID: 8201676
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
1. A clutch cover assembly being configured to press and to release a friction member of a clutch disk assembly against and from a flywheel of an engine, comprising: a clutch cover being fixed to the flywheel; a pressure plate being relatively unrotatably linked to the clutch cover, and the pressure plate sandwiching the friction member between the pressure plate and the flywheel; a diaphragm spring being supported by the clutch cover and biasing the pressure plate to a flywheel side; an elastic mechanism including a support member being fixed to the pressure plate, and an elastic member being supported by the clutch cover and support member and being compressed between the clutch cover and support member to generate a load that resists the biasing force of the diaphragm spring; and a limiting mechanism being configured to limit deformation of the elastic member within a specific range in the course of movement of the pressure plate to the flywheel side in order to prevent the elastic member from being fully compressed, the limiting mechanism being achieved by contacting of the elastic mechanism with the clutch cover.