B60Y 2300/421
Control of lock-up type clutches
Official title: Control of lock-up type clutches, e.g. in a torque converter
B60Y2300/421 (Control of lock-up type clutches) appears on 32 US grants and 31 published applications in this corpus.
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- Latest grant
- 20 Jan 2026
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