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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1992
Filed:
May. 31, 1991
Carlo Beccaris, Santena, IT;
Valeo, Paris Cedex, FR;
Abstract
A clutch of the kind having a plurality of friction discs also comprises: a reaction plate; a cover plate; an intermediate crown; and at least one intermediate pressure plate, which is rotatable with the crown but movable axially with respect to the latter; and driving means carried by the crown for effecting the said axial movement, the cover plate having a skirt portion in which apertures are formed. The intermediate crown is in the form of a simple ring, and the driving means comprise at least two dowels projecting axially from the ring that constitutes the intermediate crown, with each dowel engaging slidingly in a hole which is formed in a radially projecting lug of the intermediate pressure plate, each of these lugs lying in one of the apertures in the cover plate skirt portion.