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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Tomoyuki Miyazaki, Fukuroi, JP;
Shun Kitahara, Fukuroi, JP;
Manabu Sawayanagi, Fukuroi, JP;
Masaki Sakai, Fukuroi, JP;
Yosuke Ikeda, Fukuroi, JP;
Tomoyuki Miyazaki, Fukuroi, JP;
Shun Kitahara, Fukuroi, JP;
Manabu Sawayanagi, Fukuroi, JP;
Masaki Sakai, Fukuroi, JP;
Yosuke Ikeda, Fukuroi, JP;
NSK-Warner K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a starting clutch disposed between a transmission and an engine and having a wet type multi-plate clutch for transmitting a power, in which the wet type multi-plate clutch includes a plurality of friction plates housed for an axial sliding movement, a clutch drum for housing the friction plates, and a piston for urging a radial central region or therearound of the friction plate to engage the friction plates, and oil which has lubricated the wet type multi-plate clutch is temporarily trapped within the clutch drum and then is discharged.