IP Library Granted Patent US 4,238,020
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US 4,238,020 · App. 05/858,864

Centrifugal clutch with an overspeed relief valve and clutch modulation

Inventors: Karl A. Nerstad, Curtis E. Chadwick, III, Gordon W. Johnson
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Granted: Dec 9, 1980 Filed: Dec 8, 1977
Inventors
Karl A. Nerstad
Curtis E. Chadwick, III
Gordon W. Johnson
Assignee (at issue)
Caterpillar Tractor Co.

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 4,238,020
App. No.
05/858,864
Filed
1977-12-08
Granted
1980-12-09
Kind
A