Multiplate clutch
AssigneeAutomotive Products plc
InventorRobert A. Simmonds
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Abstract
A friction clutch having a flywheel, a cover fixed to the flywheel, a plurality of fiction plates which are biased together by a spring acting between the cover, and a pressure plate to clamp the friction plates together between the flywheel and the pressure plate. At least one secondary plate is mounted on the flywheel or the pressure plate adjacent a respective friction plate. The secondary plate rotates with the cover and flywheel and is displaceable relative to the flywheel or pressure plate to compensate for friction plate wear, by adjustment of the clamping height between the pressure plate and flywheel.
Claims12
A friction multiplate clutch, which in use rotates about an axis, comprising a flywheel, a cover fixed to the flywheel, a plurality of friction plates which are biased together by a spring means acting between the cover and a pressure plate to clamp the friction plates together between the flywheel and the pressure plate, wherein a secondary plate is mounted on one of the flywheel or pressure plate adjacent respective friction plate, the secondary plate being a held rotationally fast with the cover and flywheel, and adjuster means located axially between the secondary plate and the flywheel or pressure plate, the adjuster means being capable of selected rotational displacement relative to the flywheel or pressure plate, for axial displacement of the secondary plate relative to the flywheel or pressure plate to compensate for friction plate wear.
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