Clutch module having a flywheel with ventilating fins
US5732808A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 10, 1995 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 10, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16D13/72
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A clutch module is of the kind comprising a mechanism (11), a clutch friction wheel (12) and a flywheel (13), the mechanism (11) itself comprising a cover plate (14) by which it is attached on the flywheel (13), a diaphragm (15) which bears on the cover plate (14), and a pressure plate (16) on which the diaphragm (15) bears. According to the invention, in the vicinity of its periphery having the larger diameter, the flywheel (13) carries ventilating fins (58,58') projecting axially from its front face, that is to say from its surface facing towards the pressure plate (16).
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