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Clutch system with at least one multiple-plate clutch arrangement

US6827191B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 12, 2002
Grant dateDec 7, 2004
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Expiry dateDec 12, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/19284
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A control unit associated with the cooling fluid supply switches the flow of cooling fluid on or off by controlling the cooling fluid supply in the course of a respective shifting process in which the transmission is shifted up from a lower gear to a higher gear or in down from a higher gear to a lower gear to deliberately exert inertial forces on at least one of the plate carriers by means of the flow of cooling fluid and, therefore, to act on this plate carrier in an accelerating or decelerating manner or in order to deliberately prevent inertial forces of this type being exerted on at least one of the plate carriers by the flow of cooling fluid.

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