Patent ID: 8376108

Claim:
A multiple clutch device with which power transmitted from an engine through an input shaft is separately transmitted to a first output shaft and a second output shaft linked to a transmission, the multiple clutch device comprising: a first clutch component being configured to link the input shaft and the first output shaft by friction engagement; a second clutch component being configured to link the input shaft and the second output shaft by friction engagement; a first oil channel being configured to supply lubricating fluid to the first clutch component; and a second oil channel being substantially independent of the first oil channel, and being configured to supply lubricating fluid to the second clutch component, the first and second clutch components sharing an input member that is linked to the input shaft, the lubricating fluid including first lubricating fluid and second lubricating fluid, the input member having a third oil channel through which the first lubricating fluid discharged from the first clutch component flows, and a fourth oil channel through which the second lubricating fluid flows to the second clutch component, the first lubricating fluid being discharged from the first clutch component at a first opening, the second lubricating fluid being discharged from the second clutch component at a second opening, the first lubricating fluid between the first oil channel and the first opening being not mixed with the second lubricating fluid.