Patent ID: 8607952
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
1. In a clutch having an outer housing and an inner housing arranged coaxially with respect to one another to support a plurality of first and second alternating, interiorly arranged, radially extending, friction members for axial movement between engaged and disengaged positions, the improvement of the clutch comprising: an aluminum outer housing having a longitudinally extending cylindrical side wall with a plurality of spline teeth arranged in angularly spaced apart locations and a radially inwardly extending end wall, each spline tooth having radial wall portions extending inwardly terminating at a radially inward position at a circumferential wall portion extending circumferentially between the radially inwardly extending wall portions, the radial wall portions and the circumferential wall portion extending longitudinally with respect to the outer housing, the outer housing having a plurality of angularly spaced apertures extending through the end wall; and a sheet metal liner engageable within the aluminum outer housing and having a corresponding plurality of spline teeth covers, each cover defined by radial walls extending inwardly and terminating at a radially inward position at a circumferential wall extending circumferentially between the radial walls, the radial walls and circumferential walls extending longitudinally with respect to the outer housing for protecting the plurality of spline teeth formed on the aluminum outer housing, the sheet metal liner having a corresponding plurality of outwardly projecting tabs engageable through the angularly spaced apertures in the end wall of the outer housing for fastening the sheet metal liner with respect to the outer housing.