Patents by Inventor Uwe Sahlmuller

Uwe Sahlmuller has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Pressure plate assembly for a motor vehicle friction clutch having a wear sensor and a device for protecting the wear sensor during shipment and a method for shipping the pressure plate assembly
    Patent number: 5941356
    Abstract: A pressure plate subassembly for a motor vehicle friction clutch, which subassembly comprises an application plate or pressure plate which, when assembled in a motor vehicle friction clutch, is connected to a flywheel to rotate jointly around an axis and can be axially displaced with respect to the flywheel. The pressure plate has a friction surface which faces the flywheel, and at least one clearance sensor is provided on the pressure plate. The clearance sensor has an operation lever segment that cooperates with a wear adjustment device, and an axial stop segment which cooperates with the flywheel. The pressure plate subassembly comprises the displacement contrivances, which displacement contrivances prevent a displacement of the clearance sensor, of which there is at least one, with respect to the pressure plate prior to the assembly of the pressure plate subassembly to the flywheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Fichtel & Sachs AG
    Inventors: Michael Weiss, Reinhold Weidinger, Achim Link, Andreas Orlamunder, Uwe Sahlmuller