Multidisk oil-bath clutch

A multidisk oil-bath clutch comprising:

• a housing mounted to rotate about a longitudinal axis of rotation;
• at least one hub mounted to rotate about the longitudinal axis of rotation and housed inside and coaxially with the housing;
• a number of first disks housed inside the housing and angularly integral with one of the housing or the hub, wherein each first disk comprises a number of first circulation channels equally spaced about the longitudinal axis of rotation and extending radially from an inner edge of the first disk to an outer edge of the first disk;
• a number of second disks housed inside the housing, alternating with the first disks, and angularly integral with the other one of the hub or the housing, wherein each second disk comprises a number of second circulation channels equally spaced about the longitudinal axis of rotation and extending radially from an inner portion of the second disk to an outer edge of the second disk;
• at least one oil inlet into the housing;
• at least one oil outlet from the housing;
• and
• a feed circuit for feeding oil through the housing from the inlet to the outlet for feeding pressurized oil that serves to cool the disks and lubricate the rotating component parts, and which comprises:
• an oil tank;
• a circulating pump that draws from the tank;
• an oil-cooling radiator in series with the circulating pump;
• at least one main conduit which connects the delivery of the circulating pump to the inlet of the housing and is always open for always feeding, without any interruption, pressurized oil that serves to cool the disks and lubricate the rotating component parts;
• a bypass conduit which branches off from the main conduit, upstream from the inlet of the housing, and terminates in the oil tank;
• and a bypass valve for regulating oil flow along the bypass conduit while always leaving the main conduit open.