Patent ID: 9217478
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
1. A release mechanism for a friction clutch, the release mechanism comprising: an inner body; an outer body fit to an outer peripheral side of the inner body; a cylinder arranged between an outer peripheral surface of the inner body and an inner peripheral surface of the outer body, the cylinder having an annular cross-section; a piston accommodated in the cylinder, and the piston being configured to move in an axial direction of the cylinder; a first flange located at a first end of the inner body in an axial direction of the cylinder, and the first flange extending radially outward of the inner body; a second flange located at a second end of the outer body in an axial direction of the cylinder, the second flange extending radially outward of the outer body, and the second flange facing the first flange; a sealing member located between the first flange and the second flange, the first flange and the second flange being connected via the sealing member; a plate connected to the piston at a third end side of the outer body in the axial direction of the cylinder, the plate facing the first flange and the second flange; a plurality of elastic members arranged between the plate and the second flange at a predetermined interval in a circumferential direction of the outer body; and a first fastening member configured to fix the first flange and the second flange in the axial direction of the cylinder such that the sealing member is clamped between the first flange and the second flange, wherein a first region of the first flange and the second flange in a radial direction of the first flange and the second flange, and the first fastening member is arranged in the first region, and a second region of the first flange and the second flange in the radial direction of the first flange and the second flange, the elastic members are arranged in the second region, and the first region and the second region overlap each other at least in part.