Patent ID: 7364026

Claim:
A pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch, the assembly comprising: a housing; a pressing plate arranged to rotate with the housing about an axis of rotation; a force exerting arrangement supported with respect to the housing and arranged to exert an axial force on the pressing plate along a path of force transmission; and a wear take-up arrangement in the path of force transmission between the force-exerting arrangement and the pressing plate, the arrangement comprising a wear take-up element which is movable to adjust for wear; an adjusting member which is brought into a take-up starting position when wear occurs and can be acted on by centrifugal force in order to carry out an adjusting movement wherein the adjusting member moves out of the take-up starting position; and a transmission member which is movable with respect to the wear take-up element when the adjusting member is brought into the take-up starting position and, during the adjusting movement, is acted upon by the adjusting member and moves relative to the adjusting member jointly with the wear take-up element to cause the wear take-up element to carry out an adjustment for wear.