Wet clutch assembly
AssigneeDana Belgium N.V.
InventorsKURT DM CATTOOR, FILIP D. SCHACHT
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Abstract
A wet clutch assembly may have a clutch drum, a clutch chamber formed within the clutch drum, a clutch actuation piston movably disposed within the clutch drum and configured to be actuated via a hydraulic pressure in the clutch chamber. A fluid line may at least partially extend through the clutch actuation piston, where the fluid line provides fluid communication with the clutch chamber for filling the clutch chamber via the fluid line.
Claims17
1-16. (canceled)
A wet clutch assembly, comprising:
- a clutch drum;
- a clutch chamber formed within the clutch drum;
- a clutch actuation piston movably disposed within the clutch drum and configured to be actuated via a hydraulic pressure in the clutch chamber;
- and
- a fluid line at least partially extending through the clutch actuation piston, the fluid line providing fluid communication with the clutch chamber for filling the clutch chamber via the fluid line.
The wet clutch assembly of claim 19, wherein the clutch actuation piston is configured to transfer the wet clutch assembly from a disengaged state to an engaged state through movement of the clutch actuation piston in an engagement direction relative to the clutch drum, wherein the flow control member is configured to reduce the cross section of said fluid line section through movement of the clutch actuation piston in the engagement direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.