Patent ID: 6505725
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: F04C,F16D,H02K

Abstract:
An electromagnetic clutch device for a compressor, comprising:a drive shaft forming a part of a compressor mechanism which is accommodated in a housing of the compresssor and projecting through a nose of the housing; a drive rotor accommodating a coil for the electromagnetic clutch and rotatably supported on the circumference of the nose by a clutch bearing; an armature plate opposing the coil and connected to a projecting end of the drive shaft so as to rotate with the drive shaft; a pulley fixedly attached to the drive rotor; and a coil stay having a first end fixedly attached to the coil and a second end directly attached to a front face of the housing, the front face extending in a direction generally perpendicular to an axis of the drive shaft and the nose of the housing extending from the front face in a direction generally along the axis of the drive shaft, the coil stay having a projection on a surface facing the front face of the housing, the projection being received within a recess on the front face of the housing, wherein the pulley is arranged between the housing and the coil.