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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasuyuki Hashimoto, Neyagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Exedy Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/302 ; F16D 2/508 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/302 ; F16D 2/508 ;
Abstract
A clutch cover is disposed opposite to a pressure surface a of a pressure plate and is fixed to a flywheel. The pressure plate has the pressure surface a facing a friction surface of a clutch disk. An annular lever plate is supported at its outer circumferential edge to a clutch cover and is contacted at a radially intermediate portion to the pressure plate . The pressure plate is biased to be disengaged from the friction surface of the clutch disk. A release bearing is in contact with an inner circumferential edge of the lever plate on the transmission side. A hydraulic cylinder serves to move the release bearing in the axial direction.