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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:
Aug. 30, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoetsu Yokocho, Ome, JP;
Fujio Kobayashi, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Kioritz Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 75 ; 1921 / ; 267155 ;
Abstract
A centrifugal clutch includes a spring consisting of a single wire member and adapted to hold a pair of clutch shoes in mutual relation to each other. With this simple structure, the centrifugal clutch helps to facilitate the production, assembly, etc. thereof and reduce the vibrations and noise during its operation. The spring, which consists of a single spring wire member, includes a pair of ring-shaped sections and a pair of clutch shoe holding sections extending in parallel each other and in opposite directions from each of the ring-shaped sections.