80 addition flanges may extend circumferentially from the metal clip 1401 in order to attach the clip 1401 to the clutch plates 77 78 and 80 in a manner similar to that shown in fig1 a and 12 b the flanges may reduce localized loads and distribute the loads over a greater area the axial length of the metallic clips 1401 are a function of the axial thickness of the adjacent input clutch plates and the proximity of the output clutch plates 77 78 and 80 to the axial bounds of the clutch the metallic clips 1410 may take the form of a c channel as shown in fig1 the clip 1410 may also be tapered radially as it extends axially the reducing the weight load of the clip 1410 while the invention has been illustrated and described in detail in the drawings and foregoing description the same is to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive in character it being understood that only the preferred embodiments have been shown and described and that all changes and modifications that come within the spirit of the inventions are desired to be protected it should be understood that while the use of words such as preferable preferably preferred or more preferred utilized in the description above indicate that the feature so described may be more desirable it nonetheless may not be necessary and embodiments lacking the same may be contemplated as within the scope of the invention the scope being defined by the claims that follow in reading the claims it is intended that when words such as u201c.