The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 22, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 / ; 1921 / ;
Abstract
A casing is provided in a power train of a four-wheel drive motor vehicle and supported on a body of the vehicle. A fluid-operated multiple-disk friction clutch is disposed in the casing. The clutch has a drive drum operatively connected to an input member of the power train and a driven drum operatively connected to an output member of the power train, and a piston slidably mounted in a piston chamber and operated by oil supplied to the piston chamber for engaging the drive drum with the driven drum. A hydraulic circuit having an oil pump is provided for exclusively supplying oil to the piston chamber.