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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2015
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Akira Tokito, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A clutch apparatus includes a clutch outer, a clutch inner, driving friction plates, driven friction plates, a pressure receiving plate, a pressing plate, a movable cam member, a fixed cam member, clutch springs, and a swollen portion. The clutch outer is connected to an input power member. The clutch inner has a first ring plate portion extending along a plane perpendicular to an axial direction of an output power shaft and boss portions extending in the axial direction from the first ring plate portion. The clutch inner is connected to the output power shaft to rotate with the output power shaft. The driving friction plates are connected to the clutch outer. The swollen portion is provided at a base portion of each of the boss portions and swollen from opposite sides of each of the boss portions along a circumferential direction of the clutch inner.