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Clutch housing

US7540212B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 2005
Grant dateJun 2, 2009
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Expiry dateMay 11, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/1987
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a clutch housing which accommodates therein a plurality of clutch plates adapted to be engaged together so as to transmit a torque, wherein a drum portion and a boss portion can be integrally formed from a plate material so as to form a thick portion having a thickness of not less than approximately 1.3 times as large as that of the plate material and a thin portion having a thickness of not greater than approximately ½ of that of the plate material.

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