| 摘要 |
A fluid pressure operated clutch which transmits torque from an engine output shaft to a transmission input shaft, including a rotatable flywheel connected to the output shaft, an adapter connected to the flywheel for rotation with the flywheel, the adapter having a first annular plate with a fluid passage near the inner periphery of the plate, and a centrifugal piston which defines with the adapter a fluid chamber supporting a rotatable torus of hydraulic fluid. The piston has a second annular plate, slideable with respect to the first plate, and a second fluid passage near the outer periphery of the second plate. The first and second plates, at their inner peripheries, provide a controlled clearance to vary the rate of hydraulic fluid into the first fluid chamber as the second plate slides. A centrifugal relief valve is connected to the piston and has a conical valve member removably seated on an outlet of the valve to drain fluid from the chamber through the second passage and the outlet when engine overspeed occurs. A clutch pack of friction plates responds to movement of the piston to engage and disengage the clutch.
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