VEHICLE DOUBLE CLUTCH ARRANGEMENT

摘要

A vehicle drive arrangement in which a drive shaft 10a is coupled with a first hollow driven shaft 12 and a second driven shaft 11 within hollow driven shaft 12 by first 14 and second 13 coaxial clutches respectively. Clutch 13 which is adjacent flywheel 10 is operated by a force transmitting path in the form of pins 17 located outside both driven shafts and passing axially through the central portion 24 of clutch 14. This produces a more compact arrangement since the force transmitting path for the operation of clutch 13 does not pass around the outer periphery of clutch 14.