Patent ID: 6142278
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: B23P,F16B,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
A modular clutch construction comprising:a flywheel, an end face of which is connectable to a corresponding member of an engine for power input to the clutch, wherein a circumferentially peripheral portion of an end face thereto opposite said power-input end face projects axially;a clutch cover assembly, including a clutch cover, wherein an exterior surface of an engine-ward margin along an end of said clutch cover is installed into a circumferentially corresponding inner surface of said flywheel projecting portion, said clutch cover assembly further including a pressure plate coaxial with said flywheel and facing said end face from which said peripheral portion projects;a clutch disc assembly coaxial with said pressure plate and said flywheel and disposed therebetween;wherein said inner surface of said flywheel projecting portion is tapped with interior threads; andsaid clutch cover is dish-shaped, having a peripheral wall axially extending over said clutch disc assembly; wherein an engine-ward margin of said clutch cover peripheral wall is cut with exterior threads, for corresponding engagement with said interior threads of said flywheel projection portion.