Centrifugal clutch
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTsuneyoshi Yuasa
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Abstract
A centrifugal clutch intermittently transmits power of rotation about an axis. The centrifugal clutch includes: a plurality of clutch shoes that are pressed against an inner peripheral surface of a clutch drum; a plurality of pivot members configured to rotatably support the clutch shoes; and a pressing member having a plurality of insertion portions that are inserted between head portions of the pivot members and the clutch shoes. The pressing member has a connecting portion that connects between the plurality of insertion portions, and the insertion portions and the connecting portion are curved in a direction of the axis.
Claims7
A centrifugal clutch that intermittently transmits power of rotation about an axis, the centrifugal clutch comprising:
- a clutch drum;
- a plurality of clutch shoes that are pressed against an inner peripheral surface of the clutch drum;
- a plurality of pivot members configured to rotatably support the clutch shoes;
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- a pressing member having a plurality of insertion portions that are inserted between head portions of the pivot members and the clutch shoes, wherein the pressing member has a connecting portion that connects between the plurality of insertion portions, the plurality of insertion portions and the connecting portion forming a curvature that extends between the plurality of insertion portions and along the entire connecting portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.