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US 10,119,577 B2Granted
Cooling system for a dry dual clutch of a dual clutch transmission
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorJohann Kirchhoffer
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Abstract
A dual-clutch for a motor vehicle includes an input, first and second outputs, friction plates for producing a drive connection between the input and the first and second outputs alternately, a housing including an inlet and an outlet, containing at least a portion of the friction plates, and a cooling system including a fan impeller rotating with the input and producing an air stream flowing through the housing from the inlet to the outlet.
Claims19
A dual-clutch for a vehicle, comprising:
- a central disk driveably connected to an input;
- first and second pressure plates located on opposite sides of the central disk;
- first and second outputs;
- first friction plates adjacent to the first pressure plate and second friction plates adjacent to the second pressure plate for producing a-drive connections between the input and the first and second outputs alternately;
- a housing including an inlet and an outlet, containing at least a portion of the friction plates;
- a cooling system including a fan impeller integral with the central disk rotating with the input and producing an air stream flowing through the housing from the inlet to the outlet.
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A dual-clutch for a vehicle, comprising:
- a central disk driveably connected to an input;
- pressure plates located on opposite sides of the central disk;
- friction plates producing drive connections between the input and first and second outputs alternately;
- a housing including an inlet and an outlet;
- a cooling system including a fan impeller rotating with the input and a conduit through which air flows from the outlet to a vehicle radiator and to the inlet.
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A dual-clutch for a vehicle, comprising:
- a central disk driveably connected to an input;
- pressure plates located on opposite sides of the central disk;
- friction plates producing drive connections between the input and first and second outputs alternately;
- a housing including an inlet and an outlet;
- a cooling system including an impeller producing airflow between the inlet and outlet;
- first and second air filters in the inlet and outlet, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.