Patent ID: 6845855

Claim:
A pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch, said pressure plate assembly comprising: a housing which can be fixedly connected to a centrifugal mass arrangement for joint rotation about an axis of rotation; a pressure plate mounted in the housing so that the pressure plate is axially displaceable relative to the housing; a stored-energy device for transmitting axial force to the pressure plate along a path of force transmission; a wear take-up device acting in the path of the force between the stored-energy device and the pressure plate, the wear take-up device comprising at least one take-up element which can be moved in a take-up direction to compensate for wear of the friction clutch; a blocking element having a fastening area which is fixed with respect to said housing, a contact area which is located distally with respect to said fastening area, and a support area which supports said blocking element radially against an outer circumferential area of the housing in order to resist deformation of said blocking element; and a detection element fixed to said pressure plate so that said detection element comes into contact with said contact area of said blocking element when wear of said friction clutch occurs.