Patent ID: 9739343
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B23P,F16D,F16F,Y10T

Claim:
1. An engine flywheel for connecting to an engine and a clutch assembly, comprising: a circular member having an engine side and an opposite clutch side; a plurality of clutch fins formed adjacent an outer edge of the clutch side and spaced about an axis of an aperture, the clutch fins having a face that is generally coplanar with the clutch side of the circular member; and a plurality of grooves disposed on the clutch side of the circular member between each of the plurality of clutch fins, said grooves extending to an outer periphery of the clutch side of the circular member; wherein the face of each clutch fin has a surface area that is greater than a surface area of a bottom surface of each groove and the clutch fin faces collectively form a face of said flywheel which frictionally engages a clutch disk portion of the clutch assembly.