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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenji Ohhara, Atsugi, JP;
Assignee:
Unisia jecs Corporation, Atsugi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 584 ; 192 / ;
Abstract
A viscous fluid clutch includes relatively rotatable first and second drive members having a fluid shear space therebetween and which are cooperable with a fluid medium in the shear space to provide a shear-type fluid drive therebetween, a fluid reservoir for storing the fluid medium, and a baffle wall located in the reservoir for restraining flow of the fluid medium from the reservoir to the shear space.