Patent ID: 11933368
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA F.C.C.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 8:
9. The clutch device according to claim 1, wherein
the pressure plate includes:
a flange extending radially outward from an outer edge of the pressure-side fitting portion; and
a plurality of pressure-side fitting teeth located on the flange, holding the input-side rotating plates and the output-side rotating plates, and arranged in the circumferential directions;

the flange includes a first portion in which a distance between adjacent ones of the pressure-side fitting teeth in the circumferential directions is a first length and a second portion having a second length longer than the first length; and
assuming a circumferential direction from a first pressure-side cam portion to a second pressure-side cam portion is a first circumferential direction and a circumferential direction from the second pressure-side cam portion to the first pressure-side cam portion is a second circumferential direction, the pressure plate is rotatable in the first circumferential direction; and
the second portion is located ahead, in the second circumferential direction, of an end of the pressure-side recess in the first circumferential direction.