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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:
Dec. 24, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tomohiko Motohashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Suzuki Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 7012 ; 1921 / ;
Abstract
A clutch cooling apparatus for a stepless variable speed transmission having a clutch for transmitting driving power from an input shaft to an output shaft by clamping a friction plate connected to the output shaft between a pressure plate and an end plate connected to the input shaft, including a first clutch cooling arrangement for cooling the clutch during a predetermined running condition of the vehicle and a second clutch cooling arrangement for cooling the clutch during operation of the vehicle engine regardless of the running condition of the vehicle.