Patent ID: 6845856

Claim:
A release mechanism for actuating a friction clutch located between an internal combustion engine and a transmission of a motor vehicle, the release mechanism being installed concentric to a guide sleeve mounted on a transmission shaft having a center axis, the release mechanism comprising: a release spring; a clutch release bearing comprising an inner ring, an outer ring, and an adjusting sleeve, the inner ring being fixed to the adjusting sleeve, the adjusting sleeve having a circumferential groove; a release ring in contact with the release spring and comprising a concave spherical surface having a center on the axis of the transmission shaft; and a load ring seated in the circumferential groove and in contact with the concave spherical surface of the release ring, the load ring being a wire having a round cross-section, whereby the release ring can pivot about the center of the concave spherical surface to compensate for tilting of the center axis of the friction clutch with respect to the center axis of the transmission shaft and wobbling eccentricity of the release spring.