Patent ID: 8479907

Claim:
A clutch unit comprising: a lever spring plate having a circular outer circumference; a contact plate via which, by axial displacement, a clutch disk having friction linings is configured to be pressed against a pressure plate to form a frictional contact, the axial displacement of the contact plate is caused by an axial displacement of the lever spring plate, which bears against one or more bumps that are arranged in an annular manner on a surface of the contact plate facing towards the lever spring plate at a radial distance from an outer edge thereof, the contact plate having an annular axially projecting edge arranged radially outside on its side facing towards the lever spring plate; and at least three radial projections spaced apart in a circumferential direction are arranged on a radially inner wall of the axially projecting edge, wherein a diameter of a circle tangent to the radial projections corresponds to an outer diameter of the lever spring plate so that the lever spring plate is held centered on the radial projections and its outer edge is spaced apart between respectively two adjacent radial projections from the radially inner wall of the axially projecting edge.