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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. 14, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1989
Yoshitaka Sunaga, Isesaki, JP;
Sanden Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
In an electromagnetic clutch comprising a plurality of leaf springs for supporting an armature plate (18) to a shaft (14) so that the armature plate (18) faces a pulley (16) in an axial direction with a gap left therebetween, each of the leaf springs has a substantial length which is adjusted in response to a size of the gap. This results in changing of a spring constant of each of the leaf springs. When the armature plate is moved towards the pulley, the size of the gap becomes gradually small. Simultaneously, the armature plate is subjected to a suction force which acceleratingly increases in response to decreasing of the size of the gap. However, it is possible to reduce a noise which is generated when the armature plate is attracted to the pulley. This is because the armature plate comes into soft collision with the pulley.
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