摘要 |
A viscous fluid coupling device includes a drive shaft, a housing rotatably supported by the drive shaft, a partition wall dividing an interior space of the housing into an operation chamber and a storage chamber having a circular arc portion, a rotor accommodated in the operation chamber and fixed to the drive shaft, a supply passage for supplying operating fluid from the storage chamber to the operation chamber, a return passage for returning the operating fluid in the operation chamber to the storage chamber, and a first valve disposed in the supply passage and the return passage respectively. The first valve is closed when the drive shaft rotates at a speed lower than a predetermined rotation speed and opened when the drive shaft rotates at the predetermined rotation speed. The viscous coupling device further includes an opening of the supply passage and a second valve for opening and closing the opening.
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