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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroshi Yabe, Kakegawa, JP;
Assignee:
NSK-Warner K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 2/50638 ; F16D 1/374 ; F16D 1/354 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 2/50638 ; F16D 1/374 ; F16D 1/354 ;
Abstract
In a starting clutch comprising a wet type multi-plate clutch having a clutch case, a housing attached to an output shaft of an engine and adapted to cover the wet type multi-plate clutch, and a damper disposed between the wet type multi-plate clutch and the housing, the damper is constituted by a spring, a retainer plate for holding the spring, and a pawl portion elastically engaging with the spring, and the retainer plate is attached to the housing and the pawl portion is attached to the clutch case.