Patent ID: 6695115
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A process for adjusting a friction clutch system, where the friction clutch system comprises:a housing arrangement; a pressure plate; a stored-energy device supported against the housing and the pressure plate; a wear-compensating device installed in the path of support between the stored-energy device and one of the housing arrangement and the pressure plate, said wear compensating device having a detection element on the pressure plate and a stop element which can be fixed in place with respect to the housing arrangement, said detection element cooperating with said stop element to detect the amount of wear which has occurred in the friction clutch; a clutch-release mechanism for exerting force on the stored-energy device to carry out release operations; and a transmission shaft braking arrangement, which is activated when a brake-release position is reached during a clutch-release operation; said process comprising the following steps: (a) using the clutch-release arrangement to adjust the stored-energy device to a basic pretension position from which the clutch-release arrangement moves through a brake-release stroke to reach the brake-release position; and (b) while the stored-energy device is held on the basic pretension position, adjusting at least one of the stop element and the detection element in such a way that the stored-energy device is released from the basic pretension position and subsequent relaxation of the stored-energy device beyond the basic pretension position results in the activation of the wear-compensating device in such a way that after completion of an adjustment process, the stored-energy device is still essentially in its basic pretension position when the friction clutch is engaged.