Patent ID: 8479904

Claim:
Device for setting the torque transferred from a primary shaft to a secondary shaft by a friction clutch, with a supporting element held fixedly rotationally and axially non-displaceably in a housing and an axially displaceable adjusting element which is rotatable with respect to the supporting element on bearings between the supporting element and the adjusting element, the supporting element is operatively connected to the friction clutch for the actuation of the latter, the adjusting element comprising a toothed ring which engages a linearly displaceable toothed rack element, and the supporting element and adjusting element cooperating via coupling elements in such a way that a rotation of the adjusting element in relation to the supporting element brings about an axial displacement of the adjusting element in relation to the supporting element, wherein the linearly displaceable tooth rack element is in engagement with the toothed ring of the adjusting element, and the rack element on one end is connected to an electrically activatable linear drive arrangement for the controlled displacement of the rack element and on the other end is connected to a position sensor that detects the linear position of the rack element.