Hydraulic type starting clutch

Patent · Tue Jul 14 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6120831

Ohzono, K; Hayashi, K; Saito, M; Kato, M; Yoshida, Y

This patent describes a hydraulic type starting clutch comprising: an input shaft; an input rotating member arranged for rotation in unison with the input shaft; an output shaft; an output rotating member arranged for rotation in unison with the output shaft; friction plates interposed between the input rotating member and the output rotating member for engagement to transmit torque from the input rotating member to the output rotating member; urging means interposed between the friction plates and the output rotating member for urging the friction plates to cause the transmission of torque from the input rotating member to the output rotating member; a hydraulic pressure chamber defined between the urging means and the output rotating member and disposed to be supplied with a hydraulic fluid for acting upon the urging means to urge the friction plates; a hydraulic fluid source for supplying the hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic pressure chamber; pressure regulating valve means for regulating the pressure of the hydraulic fluid in the hydraulic pressure chamber; and control means for controlling the pressure regulating valve means to regulate the pressure of the hydraulic fluid in the hydraulic pressure chamber so as to increase with an increase in the rotational speed of the input shaft, the control means.

• Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo K.K. (Honda Motor Co., Ltd., in English), Tokyo
• Patent Number(s): US 4679677
• OSTI ID: 6120831
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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