Clutch release bearing assembly

Claim 1

A CLUTCH RRELEASE BEARING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) AN INNER BEARING RING HAVING AN AXIS; (B) AN OUTER BEARING RING COAXIALLY SURROUNDING SAID INNER RING, RESPECTIVE PORTIONS OF SAID RINGS BEING AXIALLY COEXTENSIVE AND DEFINING AN ANNULAR BEARING SPACED THEREBETWEEN; (C) A PLURALITY OF BEARING BALLS IN SAID SPACE, EACH BEARING BALL ENGAGING RESPECTIVE RADIAL RECESSES OF SAID RINGS FOR SECURING THE RINGS AGAINST RELATIVE AXIAL DISPLACEMENT, (1) AN INTEGRAL PORTION OF SAID INNER BEARING RING PROJECTING AXIALLY BEYOND SAID OUTER BEARING RING AND HAVING ANNULALR END FACE TRANSVERSE OF SAID AXIS; (D) A FLAT ANNULAR DISC OF THERMOPLASTIC SYNTHETIC RESIN COMPOSITION SECURED TO SAID END FACE IN FACE-TO-FACE THERMAL CONTACT, THE AXIAL THICKNESS OF SAID DISC BEING BUT A SMALL FRACTION OF THE RADIAL WIDTH THEREOF; (E) TWO PIN MEMBERS FASTENED TO RESPECTIVE DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE PORTIONS OF SAID OUTER BEARING RING AND PROJECTING THEREFROM IN A RADIALLY OUTWARD DIRECTION; AND (F) CLUTCH RELEASE FORK MEANS INCLUDING TWO ARMS RESPECTIVELY ENGAGING SAID PIN MEMBERS FOR AXIALLY MOVING SAID OUTER BEARING RING.