MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202534061207 A) filed by Kabushiki Kaisha F. C. C., Shizuoka, Japan, on June 26, 2025, for 'clutch device.'

Inventor(s) include Sato Tomoyasu; Murai Masataka; Sasaki Atsuya; and Itano Kai.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A clutch device 10 includes a clutch center 40 rotationally drivable together with an output shaft 15; and a pressure plate 70 capable of pressing input-side rotating plates 20 and output-side rotating plates 22. The pressure plate 70 includes a plurality of pressure-side cam portions 90 each including a pressure-side assist cam surface 90A generating a force in a direction from the pressure plate 70 toward the clutch center 40 in order to increase a pressing force between the input-side rotating plates 20 and the output-side rotating plates 22. The pressure-side cam portions 90 each include a main pressure-side recessed portion 92 recessed in an axial direction of the output shaft 15, and a sub pressure-side recessed portion 93 recessed in the same direction as the main pressure-side recessed portion 92, regarding the axial direction, from a bottom surface 92B defining the main pressure-side recessed portion 92."

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