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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:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Applicant:
Thomas A. Genise, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Thomas A. Genise, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 59/00 (2006.01); F16D 43/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicular centrifugally operated master friction clutch () for coupling an engine () to a transmission input shaft (). The clutch includes flyweights () pivoted to a driving member () rotatable with the engine. Rollers () fixed to the flyweights act on ramp surfaces () to apply an axial clamping force (CF) to friction member of the clutch driving and driven member. The clamping force is applied through a spring compression () to limit the magnitude of clamping force.