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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph B Snoy, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
Twin Disc, Incorporated, Racine, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 / ; 192 7014 ; 192 702 ; 1921 / ;
Abstract
Means to prevent flutter of the interleaved clutch plates of a clutch including clutch plates having their peripheries formed as non-circular members. The outer periphery of the clutch plates are formed with flat portions or spots which act as cams when the adjacent discs rotate relative to each other and whereby they resist the tendency to flutter. The clutch plates are formed so that a continuous circular surface no longer exists on the periphery of the plates and in effect a series of cams are provided which tend to drive the clutch plate to a neutral or no-force position.