Patent ID: 6568520
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
An electromagnetic clutch comprising an armature that has a driving rotor, which is connected so as to be linked to a driving source and which includes a coil, and an armature plate, which is disposed so as to face said driving rotor and which has the same rotational axis thereas, and an end face of said driving rotor and said armature plate are attached or separated by said coil's magnetic force when a voltage is applied to excite said coil thereby intermittently coupling said driving rotor and said armature, whereinsaid armature plate comprises a plurality of plate members laminated together, and at least a part of each of said plate member being connected to the other plate members, wherein said plate members forming said armature plate are roughly ring-shaped, and are fixed in place by caulking at a plurality of sites on the end face of said plate members.