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US 11,585,391 B2Granted
Clutch assembly
AssigneeClutch Industries Pty Ltd
InventorBrad Davis
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Abstract
A clutch assembly including a sealed clutch and a spacer. The clutch is connected to the spacer and the spacer is connectable to a flywheel along a common axis and the spacer facilitates connection of the clutch to the flywheel in at least two different axially spaced positions. A connection ring can connect the spacer connection to flywheel.
Claims11
A clutch assembly comprising:
- a sealed clutch,
- a spacer, and
- a connector,
- the clutch being connected to the spacer and the spacer being connectable to a flywheel along a common axis with the connector being interposed between the spacer and the flywheel for connecting the spacer to the flywheel and the spacer facilitating connection of the clutch to the flywheel in at least two different axially spaced positions,
- the connector being a connection ring and the spacer having opposite axial facing leading and trailing surfaces, the connection ring being connectable to the leading or trailing surface of the spacer and the leading or trailing surface to which the connection ring is connected having a configuration that facilitates connection of the spacer to the flywheel in the at least two different axially spaced positions,
- each of the leading and trailing surfaces of the spacer having an outer surface and the configuration that facilitates connection of the clutch to the flywheel in the at least two different axially spaced positions comprises one or more connection recesses extending axially inboard of a respective outer surface and having a first axial depth, whereby the connection ring is connectable to the outer surface of the spacer at a first axial position relative to the spacer, or to the one or more connection recesses at a second and different axial position relative to the spacer.
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A clutch assembly comprising:
- a sealed clutch,
- a spacer, and
- a connector,
- the clutch being connected to the spacer and the spacer being connectable to a flywheel along a common axis with the connector being a connection ring interposed between the spacer and the flywheel for connecting the spacer to the flywheel and the spacer facilitating connection of the clutch to the flywheel in at least two different axially spaced positions, the spacer comprising a plurality of separate spacer elements that connect between the clutch and the connector, the plurality of separate spacer elements comprising first spacer elements having a first spacing dimension and second spacer elements having a second spacing dimension, whereby the first or second spacer elements are separately selected based on the spacing dimension required between the clutch and the flywheel to facilitate connection of the clutch to the flywheel in the at least two different axially spaced positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.