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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ichio Sakai, Toyota, JP;
Hisao Otani, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1921 / ; 192 7012 ;
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.