US Patent Issued to VALEO EMBRAYAGES on May 19 for "Clutch mechanism, in particular for a motorized vehicle" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,222, issued on May 19, was assigned to VALEO EMBRAYAGES (Amiens, France).

"Clutch mechanism, in particular for a motorized vehicle" was invented by Benoit Perry (Cergy Pontoise, France) and Bernard Dubois (Cergy Pontoise, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clutch mechanism for a motorized vehicle includes a cover, a pressure plate coupled in rotation with the cover and movable axially relative thereto, and a diaphragm spring bearing against the cover and the pressure plate. The diaphragm spring is held in axial preload against the cover by a support washer provided with axial protuberances passing through the diaphragm spring and...