Power transmission device

摘要

A power transmission device which interrupts torque transmission when the torque exceeds a predetermined torque. A torque limiter includes projections formed on a center hub and a pulley. The center hub includes bridges that transmit torque by a pulling force. When a preset torque limit is reached, the projections on the center hub make contact with and move along slanted faces so as to move the center hub in an axial direction relative to the pulley. The bridges are thereby subjected to a bending moment in addition to the pulling force when the torque exceeds the preset torque level, so that the bridges break precisely above the preset torque level due to the reduced fatigue limit.