CLUTCH WITH A PILOTED AND SPRING LOADED DRIVEN DISC HUB

摘要

A multiple disc clutch has a multiple component clutch housing which is adapted for oil lubricating and cooling of the clutch discs and plates during operation. Concentric driven shafts extend into the clutch housing from the rearward end thereof with the inner shaft extending into a driving relation with a counter bore in the forward component of the clutch housing. The outer shaft has a splined outer end on which is drivingly mounted the driven disc hub. The forward end of the hub is piloted in a recess in the forward component of the clutch housing, and a wave washer reacting against another portion of the clutch housing biases the driven disc hub into piloting engagement within the recess. On the driven disc hub are drivingly mounted the driven discs; the latter being interleaved with the driving plates of the clutch. Both the discs and the plates are disposed within the clutch housing. Cooling and lubricating fluid passages are present through the outer shaft and through and around the driven disc hub so that the fluid can reach the discs and plates. A piston in the clutch housing is operated by fluid pressure to cause clutch engagement.