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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1976
Filed:
May. 10, 1974
Gordon M Sommer, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
G. M. Sommer Company, Inc., Warren, MI (US);
Abstract
A clutch assembly is located in the bore of a flywheel for drivingly connecting a coaxially located shaft. The assembly is comprised of a first series of discs mounted for rotation with the shaft, and a second series of interleaved plates supported for rotation with the flywheel. The flywheel is connected to the drive shaft in response to displacement of an actuating means which compressively engages the discs and plates. A separate brake assembly is provided which can be located at either axial end of the shaft, and in one form of the invention, hydraulic fluid is circulated through each of the clutch and brake assemblies from a common source.