Patent ID: 7044283

Claim:
A dry multiple-disk clutch for transmitting power from a drive shaft to a transmission input shaft, said dry multiple-disk clutch comprising: an outer clutch member interlocked wit the drive shaft so as to be driven for rotation by the drive shaft; a plurality of driving friction disks interlocked wit the outer clutch member; a plurality of driven friction disks alternated with the driving friction disks and interlocked wit the transmission input shaft; a pressure member disposed opposite to the outer clutch member with the driving and the driven friction disks arranged alternately between the outer clutch member and the pressure member, which moves in opposite axial directions to compress the driving and the driven friction disks together and to disengage the driven friction disks from the driving friction disks; and strap plates disposed between peripheral parts of the outer clutch member and peripheral parts of the driving friction disks, and connecting the respective peripheral parts of the outer clutch member and the driving friction disks, wherein said peripheral parts of adjoining one of the driving friction disks are disposed at different peripheral positions to prevent the strap plates connected to the adjoining driving friction disks from extending in a same angular region around the transmission input shaft.