Clutches and power-stop control inventions 03/06

20060065502 - Torque converter for vehicle: A torque converter for a vehicle includes a front cover integrally formed with a boss to which a crank shaft of an engine side is connected, an impeller connected to the front cover to rotate together with the front cover, a turbine disposed facing the impeller, a stator disposed between...

20060065503 - Control strategy for a dual crankshaft engine coupling arrangement: A control method for coupling a first engine to a second engine in a vehicle includes determining a current position of a throttle body that regulates power output from the first and second engines. Determining a set speed for the first and second engines that corresponds to a desired power...

20060065504 - Dual clutch engine coupling damper: A dual clutch engine coupling damper includes a slipping ECCC clutch in series with a plurality of damper springs, and a bypass clutch in parallel with the damper springs. The ECCC is adapted for use when the vehicle engine is running and the bypass clutch is adapted for use when...

20060065505 - Connection device between members of a machine: Connection device between members of a machine comprising at least one first (2) and one second (3) coupling suitable for being connected together to orientate said members of said machine in work position, the first coupling (2) comprising at least one first (4) and one second (5) toothed elements mutually...

20060065507 - Wet clutch: A wet clutch includes a clutch carrier that encloses a stack of clutch plates and a clutch backing plate. Two sets of alternating slots are provided in the clutch carrier. One set of slots is shallower than the other set and is configured to support the clutch backing plate. The...

20060065506 - Drum assembly for a coupling arrangement: A drum assembly for use with a coupling arrangement includes an outer member and an inner member that is mountable on the outer member. The outer member includes first and second annular portions connected together. The first annular portion has a first mating surface that defines a first opening having...

20060065508 - Dual function apparatus for clutch feed and system retention: An improved hybrid transmission including two electric motor/generator modules and a plurality of planetary gear sets operatively connectable to the motor/generators and to an engine is provided. Novel structural and packaging schemes enhance the function and efficiency of the transmission. More precisely, the present invention relates to an improved apparatus...

20060065509 - Self bleeding system: The present invention is directed to a self-bleed mechanism for a hydraulic system comprising a clutch pack hydraulically actuated by one or more fluid passageways; an elongated cylinder operably connected to the fluid passageways; a piston slidably disposed in the elongated cylinder where the piston controls actuation of the clutch...

20060054441 - Double clutch transmission: In a double clutch transmission, particularly for front wheel drive cars with transversely mounted engines, the power path for the reverse speed extends through the same path as that for the second forward speed, both using the same input clutch, while the power path for the first forward speed extends...

20060054442 - Hydraulic system providing pressure and volume flows in a double-clutch transmission: A hydraulic system for providing pressure and volume flows in a double-clutch transmission. A first clutch and a second clutch are preceded by at least one changeover valve which, in a first state, guides lubricating flow to the first clutch and cooling flow to the second clutch, and, in a...

20060054443 - Hydraulic system, in particular for motor vehicles: In a hydraulic system for motor vehicles in particular, including a master cylinder, a slave cylinder, and a pressure medium line connecting them, an inexpensive pressure boost is achieved by the fact that the hydraulic system includes a pump having an inlet and an outlet and a valve which are...

20060054444 - Dual area piston for transmission clutch and sequential control therefor: A system for actuating a clutch that alternately driveably connects and disconnects components, includes a clutch having a piston that includes a first apply area and a second apply area, a fluid pressure source, a source of variable control pressure, and a control coupled with the fluid pressure source and...

20060054446 - Clutch transmission and method for lubricating and cooling the same: The invention relates to a clutch transmission (1) having a transmission element (20) that is accommodated in a transmission chamber (4), having a clutch element (23) that is accommodated in a clutch chamber (2), and having a hydraulic controller (19) that comprises an oil pump (15) and has the purpose...

20060054445 - Dual drive pump with dual chain and roller clutch and method: A pumping system for a transmission system having a single pump functionally connected to a mechanical power source and an electrical power source is provided. The connections between the pump and the mechanical power source and electrical power source include at least one roller clutch, which permits only one of...

20060054447 - Hydraulic system for providing pressures and volumetric flows in a dual clutch transmission: The invention relates to a hydraulic system (1) for providing pressures and volumetric flows in a dual clutch transmission, in particular for providing a first volumetric flow for cooling and lubricating a first clutch (2) and for providing a second volumetric flow for cooling and lubricating a second clutch (3)....

20060054448 - Clutch hub: A clutch hub provided with a side wall at an end of a cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion is formed to have convexed and concaved portions to serve as a spline and an oil passage is formed on a tooth of the spline. An oil dam is formed by plastic...

20060054449 - Shift and brake control device: A shift and brake control device is configured to combine an electrical shift operating device and a cable operated brake operating device. The control device basically has a brake lever bracket with a pivotally mounted brake lever moveably coupled to the brake lever bracket to move between a rest position...

20060054450 - Drive assembly for actuating wheels of vehicles, particularly carriages for handling and conveying materials: A drive assembly for actuating wheels of vehicles, particularly carriages for handling and conveying materials, comprising a motor having a substantially vertical driving shaft, a unit for reducing the rotation rate of a driven shaft, which is substantially parallel to the driving shaft, with respect to the rotation rate of...

20060054451 - Actuator: An actuator, preferably a linear actuator, comprises a reversible motor (6) which drives an adjustment element via a transmission (7,13). To increase the self-clocking ability of the actuator, the actuator is equipped with a coil spring (11) which has its one end secured to a rotating element (13) in the...

20060049017 - Automatic transmission: An automatic transmission includes a clutch drum formed, by press forming, with splines including recessed portions and raised portions, and engaging with clutch plates; and a rotational speed measuring device configured to measure a rotational speed of the clutch drum, and including a surface sensing device disposed outside an outer...

20060049018 - Hydraulically actuated synchronized transmission: A transmission shift system comprising a synchronizing device for idler wheels, which can be actuated hydraulically and comprises at least one piston that can mesh with a selected idler wheel as the sliding sleeve. The piston can be displaced axially on a shaft via a hydraulic actuation and is non-rotatably...

20060049019 - Clamping freewheel and its use for a prosthetic part: In a clamping freewheel having a sleeve (5) which encloses a shaft (7, 9) and in which the shaft (7, 9) is mounted in an axially displaceable manner, having rolling elements (6) which are arranged in chambers, formed between shaft (7, 9) and sleeve (5), in such a way that...

20060049020 - Shaft coupling unit: A shaft coupling unit is disclosed, which comprises a coupling disk (1), a disk (2), a spring (3), a concave member (4), a convex member (5) and a draw lever (14). The concave member (4) is press fitted against the convex member (5) to rotate circumferentially and to move axially...

20060049021 - Limit control: Apparatus adapted for use to reference a cam actuable switch or the like means to the disposition of a drive in a datum range (e.g.; the movement of a member between open and closed conditions under the action of the drive), said apparatus having, dependent on the drive, an eccentric...

20060042899 - Transmission having a post clutch actuator relief valve: A transmission is provided that has a reservoir configured to hold a supply of fluid and a source configured to pressurize the fluid. The transmission also has a manifold configured to receive the pressurized fluid and a plurality of control valves fluidly communicating with the manifold in parallel relation. The...

20060042900 - Clutch/brake apparatus: A clutch/brake apparatus which enables a driving shaft to be driven by a main driving source and by a sub-driving source without causing any increase in the external size of the apparatus along the longitudinal direction of the driving shaft. In a brake housing of a combination clutch/brake unit provided...

20060042901 - Torque limiting mechanism: Friction plates (53, 67) have a friction surface which contacts a friction surface on reaction plates (54, 68) to limit the torque transferred in a drive train, after the engine, in a snowmobile, while still allowing torque transmission at a predetermined level....

20060042902 - Electronically controlled fluid coupling device: An electronically-controlled fluid coupling device having a front mounted fan and electrical actuation without a tethered harness. The fluid coupling device combines an inverted viscous clutch, drive pulley and a split electromagnetic actuator package. In this arrangement, the electrical portion of the split electromagnetic actuator is not physically attached to...

20060042904 - Wet clutch, in particular dct clutch:

20060042903 - Clutch housing and method of manufacturing thereof: A method of manufacturing a clutch housing which accommodates therein a plurality of clutch plates adapted to be engaged together so as to transmit a torque, wherein a drum portion and a boss portion can be integrally formed from a plate material so as to form a thick portion having...

20060042905 - Self-adjusting clutches for automotive vehicles: Self-adjusting clutches for automotive vehicles include a hydraulic cylinder as part of a clutch linkage connecting a clutch foot pedal to a clutch plate biased by a clutch spring to urge a friction disk into engagement with a flywheel of an engine. The hydraulic cylinder has a housing with a...

20060042907 - Low power modulating clutch control system: A power transmission device includes a rotary input member adapted to receive drive torque from a source of torque, a rotary output member adapted to provide drive torque to an output device and a torque transfer mechanism operable to transferring drive torque from the input member to the output member....

20060042906 - Low power modulating clutch control system with combination accumulator and piston actuator: A power transmission device includes a rotary input member receiving drive torque from a source of torque, a rotary output member for providing drive torque to an output device and a torque transfer mechanism for transferring drive torque between the input member and the output member. The torque transfer mechanism...

20060042908 - Low power modulating clutch control system with electromagnetic actuator: A power transmission device includes a rotary input member receiving drive torque from a source of torque, a rotary output member for providing drive torque to an output device and a torque transfer mechanism for transferring drive torque between the input member and the output member. The torque transfer mechanism...

20060042909 - Hydraulic double clutch: Hydraulic double clutch (100) for a transmission of an engine, the transmission having an outer shaft (5a) and a concentrically arranged inner shaft (5b) comprising: a stationary stator (17); a clutch housing having a drive can (1) driven by the engine; a first hydraulically activated clutch including a first clutch...