Patent ID: 6857515

Claim:
A centrifugal clutch comprising: a driver having a rotational axis and adapted to engage an input shaft; a drum coaxial with the driver and adapted to engage a driven component; a plurality of shoes located between the driver and the drum and arranged about the axis, the shoes being radially movable between an outward position in which the shoes contact a surface of the drum and an inward position in which the shoes are spaced apart from the drum, each shoe having a drum contacting member which is arranged to contact a portion of the drum, a support with one end attached to the drum contacting member and the other end extending radially inward to be engaged by the driver, the support including a pair of spring attachment mounts formed on the radially inward end of the support; and a plurality of springs, each spring engaging two adjacent shoes by attaching to one spring attachment mount on each shoe, the spring biasing the shoes toward one another.