Patent ID: 7066077

Claim:
A device for supporting and for at least contributing to the activation of an actuating element, the device comprising: a housing of a change speed gear mechanism; an actuating element having an end and being longitudinally movably mounted with respect to the housing of the change speed gear mechanism; an outer thin-walled bearing ring supported in the housing of the change speed gear mechanism and defining and at least partially bounding a circumference in which the actuating element is supported; a pressure space to which pressure may be applied, the pressure space is at the end of the actuating element; a piston for engaging the end of the actuating element and configured to move longitudinally within the pressure space with respect to the outer thin-walled bearing ring and to which pressure is applied by a medium in the pressure space; and roller bodies positioned to roll on the outer thin-walled bearing ring and for supporting the actuating element.