Patent ID: 7484610

Claim:
A clamping apparatus comprising: a first component being a rotating main gearwheel having a hub; a second component being a rotating clamping plate having through holes formed therein; a drive element being a crown gear rotatably mounted on said hub of said first component; anti-fatigue bolts connecting said first component and said second component, said bolts providing a clamping force for clamping said drive element between said first component and said second component in a clamping connection; guide bolts, said clamping plate being mounted in an axially displaceable manner on said guide bolts via said through holes; an intermediate space between said holes and said guide bolts; an epoxy resin filling said intermediate space such that said guide bolts mount said clamping plate without play in a circumferential direction; an actuator for releasing said clamping connection of said drive element, said actuator being configured to displace said first and second components axially relative to one another from a clamped operating state to a released operating state counter to the clamping force of said anti-fatigue bolts, said anti-fatigue bolts being configured to elastically deform by an amount substantially equal to a displacement between said clamped operating state and said released operating state.