Clutch assembly for a driveline

US10753405B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GKN Driveline Bruneck AG · IT

Inventors

• Hanspeter Putzer · Cortina d'Ampezzo, IT
• Sigmund Senoner · Platten - Plata, IT
• Kurt Thomaser · Welsberg - Monguelfo, IT
• Peter Raffin · Cortina d'Ampezzo, IT
• Ivan Gruber · Bolzano - Bozen, IT
• Dieter Huber · Augsburg, DE
• Thomas Widmann · Cortina d'Ampezzo, IT

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 19, 2018
• Grant date: Aug 25, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 11, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2023/123
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A clutch assembly for a driveline of a motor vehicle comprises a friction plate clutch having an inner plate carrier, to which inner plates are connected in a rotationally fixed and axially movable way, and having an outer plate carrier to which outer plates are connected in a rotationally fixed and axially movable way, and wherein the inner plates and the outer plates jointly form a plate package, wherein the inner plate carrier comprises at least one bore in an axial overlapping region with the plate package through which bore oil can flow to the plate package, a supporting plate against which the plate package is axially supported, an axially movable pressure plate for axially loading the plate package, an operating device for operating the friction plate clutch by axially moving the pressure plate, a flow controller for controlling an oil volume flow rate through the at least one bore of the inner plate carrier, wherein the flow controller comprises a setting member which is operable by the operating device for the friction plate clutch, wherein the setting member comprises a cover portion for covering a mouth region of the at least one bore.