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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1986
Akio Numazawa, Nagoya, JP;
Akira Sato, Susono, JP;
Fumihiro Ushijima, Okazaki, JP;
Hideaki Matsui, Gotenba, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An automatic power transmitting system for an automotive vehicle, wherein the operation of an electromagnetic clutch is automatically controlled in response to automatic shifting actions of a constant-mesh transmission by synchromesh devices. The powder clutch includes a driving rotor unit having an outer yoke and an inner yoke which cooperate to define therebetween an annular space in which a thin-walled cylindrical member of a driven rotor unit is disposed, such that the cylindrical member cooperates with at least one of the outer and inner yokes to define at least one powder gap. A small thickness of the cylindrical member assures a minimum of rotational energy consumption by the synchromesh devices. A damper may be disposed so as to connect the driven rotor unit and the input shaft of the constant-mesh transmission, so as to provide a damping effect for preventing a rapid change in an amount of torque transmitted from the driven rotor unit to the input shaft.