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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:
Apr. 23, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tokyo Seat Co., Ltd., Asaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N / ; F16H / ; F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 20 ; 74664 ; 7466 / ; 7466 / ; 192 482 ; 192 4891 ; 192 / ;
Abstract
A power transmitting apparatus for use in a vehicle, provided with a motor having at least one output shaft to which a traveling electromagnetic clutch and at least one power-transmitting electromagnetic clutch are attached, a plurality of clutch plates capable of being connected to the power-transmitting electromagnetic clutch while being aligned therewith, and operating shafts fixed to the clutch plates. The power-transmitting electromagnetic clutch is moved by the operation of the traveling electromagnetic clutch and the rotation of the motor to a position at which the power-transmitting clutch can be connected to one of the clutch plates selected as desired.