Device for cooling a frictional clutch for an automobile
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsIchio Sakai, Hisao Otani
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Abstract
A device for cooling a frictional clutch for an automobile with respect to a clutch housing provided between a cylinder block and a transmission case is herein disclosed. The device comprises passages respectively formed in surfaces of the clutch housing contacting the end plate and the transmission case for introducing and discharging cooling air into and from the clutch housing. Each of the passages has an opening toward the interior of the clutch housing and another opening toward the exterior of the clutch housing. The openings are deviated from each other with respect to the circumferential direction of the clutch housing.
Claims4
In combination with a clutch housing of a frictional clutch for an automobile provided between an end plate of a cylinder block and a transmission case, a device for cooling said frictional clutch comprising passages respectively formed in surfaces of said clutch housing contacting said end plate and said transmission case for introducing and discharging cooling air into and from said clutch housing, each of said passages having an opening toward the interior of said clutch housing and another opening toward the exterior of said clutch housing, said openings being deviated from each other with respect to the circumferential direction of said clutch housing.
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