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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masao Shoji, Fujisawa, JP;
Yoshio Kinoshita, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Shiro Takeuchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Tadashi Watanabe, Kakegawa, JP;
Tatsuro Miyoshi, Fukuroi, JP;
Hirofumi Nakagomi, Fukuroi, JP;
Hiroshi Yabe, Kakegawa, JP;
Shigeharu Nishimura, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Nobuhiro Horiuchi, Fukuroi, JP;
Assignee:
NSK-Warner K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 2/500 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a starting clutch in which an input side element and an output side element are joined together by applying an axial load thereby to transmit a power, which clutch comprises an urging device for always providing the axial load, and a releasing device for releasing the input side element and the output side element from the axial load.