Clutch device
AssigneeJtekt Corporation
InventorNoriyuki Fujii
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Abstract
A clutch device includes a clutch housing including a cylindrical portion and a bottom, a multiple disc clutch, a receiving member and a pressing member that moves in an axial direction with respect to the clutch housing to press the multiple disc clutch from the bottom side toward the receiving member. The pressing member includes an annular portion disposed radially inward or outward of the bottom and a plurality of protruding portions protruding in a radial direction from the annular portion, the annular portion being provided integrally with the protruding portions. The bottom of the clutch housing has a plurality of cutouts that accommodate the protruding portions. The protruding portions move in the axial direction within the cutouts to press the multiple disc clutch.
Claims6
A clutch device, comprising:
- a clutch housing including a cylindrical portion and a bottom extending inward in a radial direction from one end of the cylindrical portion;
- a multiple disc clutch including a plurality of clutch plates accommodated in the cylindrical portion;
- a receiving member attached to an open end of the clutch housing;
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- a pressing member that moves in an axial direction with respect to the clutch housing to press the multiple disc clutch from the bottom side toward the receiving member, wherein
- the pressing member has a flat plate shape and includes an annular portion disposed radially inward or outward of the bottom and a plurality of protruding portions protruding in the radial direction from the annular portion, the annular portion being provided integrally with the protruding portions, the bottom of the clutch housing includes a plurality of cutouts that accommodate the protruding portions, and the protruding portions move in the axial direction within the cutouts to press the multiple disc clutch.
A clutch device, comprising:
- a clutch housing including a cylindrical portion and a bottom extending inward in a radial direction from one end of the cylindrical portion;
- a multiple disc clutch including a plurality of clutch plates accommodated in the cylindrical portion;
- a receiving member attached to an open end of the clutch housing;
- and
- a pressing member that moves in an axial direction with respect to the clutch housing to press the multiple disc clutch from the bottom side toward the receiving member, wherein
- the pressing member includes an annular portion disposed radially inward or outward of the bottom and a plurality of protruding portions protruding in the radial direction from the annular portion, the annular portion being provided integrally with the protruding portions, the bottom of the clutch housing includes a plurality of cutouts that accommodate the protruding portions, and the protruding portions move in the axial direction within the cutouts to press the multiple disc clutch, and
- the annular portion is disposed radially outward of the bottom of the clutch housing, the protruding portions protrude inward in the radial direction from the annular portion, and the cutouts are provided in an outer peripheral end of the bottom and an end on the bottom side of the cylindrical portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.