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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Norihisa Uenohara, Neyagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Exedy Corporation, Neyagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 7013 ; 192 7017 ;
Abstract
In order to remove readily a modular clutch, a clutch device 1 is installable on a crankshaft 60 as a modular unit which transmits torque to an input shaft 50 of a transmission. A center bolt 70 is provided with a flange 71 having a diameter greater than a center hole 3d of a flexible plate 3 and disposed on the transmission side of a flexible plate 3 and is provided with a sleeve-like fastening portion 72 which extends from the flange 71 through the center hole 3d and may be coupled with the crankshaft 60.