Title:
LUBRICATION STRUCTURE OF WET CLUTCH
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3303670
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To sufficiently cool an engagement part of a clutch with small amount of lubricating oil.
SOLUTION: A lubricating oil feeding passage 109 is formed on a second outer shell supporting disk 168 which is constantly rotated in an integrated manner with an input shaft 100, the lubricating oil introduced from the inner diameter side is forcibly fed to the outer diameter side by the centrifugal force in addition to the pressure of the lubricating oil, and the lubricating oil is sump to a lubricating oil sump 111 from an opening part of an outlet formed on the outer diameter side closer than the friction surface. The lubricating oil fed to the lubricating oil sump 111 is moved in the lubricating oil sump 111 from the outer diameter side to the inner diameter side through an oil groove of a clutch disk 203, and discharged from an opening in the lubricating oil sump 111 through a lubricating oil discharge passage 110.
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Inventors:
Kiyohito Murata
Application Number:
JP16752896A
Publication Date:
July 22, 2002
Filing Date:
June 27, 1996
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
International Classes:
F16D13/74; F16D25/0638; F16D25/12; F16D57/04; (IPC1-7): F16D25/12; F16D13/74
Domestic Patent References:
| JP7119759A | ||||
| JP2275119A | ||||
| JP53659U |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takashi Ishida (3 others)