Clutches and power-stop control inventions 08/07

20070199786 - Shift device with synchronizer adapted for transmission: A shift device includes a hub, a sleeve splined with the hub, a pair of speed gears located at both sides of the hub, and a pair of synchronizer rings arranged between the hub and the speed gears. Thrust pieces are respectively engageable with projections of the sleeve and movable... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070199787 - Coupling device: A coupling device operatively arranged between a drive unit and a rotary driven unit including a housing having first and second housing shells, a flange and a clutch assembly arranged to controllably engage a damper. The clutch assembly and damper are positioned within the housing, and the clutch assembly is... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070199789 - Friction engagement device: Lubricating oil supply holes are drilled into a first member that is fitted to a plurality of first annular plates by a spline. Of splines to which each lubricating oil supply hole corresponds, lubricating oil grooves provided in the plurality of first annular plates do not overlap the splines on... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070199793 - Motor driven ball and ramp clutching system for a marine transmission: A motor applies torque to a ball and ramp actuator element generating thrust that is transferred thru a bearing from the stationary actuator to the rotating clutch pack elements of a marine transmission.... Agent: George Reisch Aschauer

20070199782 - Oil pressure controlled vehicle transmission, power unit incorporating same, and method of using same: A transmission for a vehicle is provided which prevents generation of a speed change shock at the time of starting the vehicle from a neutral condition. In the transmission, hydraulic clutches are each put into a connected state according to an action of an oil pressure, and a plurality of... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070199783 - Transmission assembly: A multi cone clutch is used on the input to a transmission. The clutch has a multi-cone structure which employs sandwiched cone friction surfaces. The multi-cone structure is used for gears selection inside the transmission. In this case, sandwiched cone friction surfaces are in free or unengaged state while the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070199784 - Clutch assembly: A viscous fluid clutch (1) for use as a clutch for a cooling fan for a vehicle, the clutch includes an input shaft (10), a rotor assembly (20, 30), a first housing portion (52), a second housing portion (42), a coil assembly (80), and a brush box (105). The rotor... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070199785 - Air turbine starter assembly: An aircraft engine starter assembly provides for liquid cooling of the clutch assembly and overrunning engine by integrating a pitot pump in the system. The system includes a starter motor, a torque transfer connection, a clutch assembly and the pitot pump. The torque transfer connection is adapted to be coupled... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070199788 - Hub driving assembly for transmitting a driving force from a sprocket to rotate a hub of a bicycle: A hub driving assembly is adapted to uni-directionally transmit a driving force of a sprocket to rotate a hub, and includes a sprocket-mounting cylinder having retreat bores which respectively extend from a tubular end surface through an outer cylindrical surface, and positioning holes which extend axially from the tubular end... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070199790 - Process and device for adjusting a friction clutch located in a drive train of a vehicle and actuated by an actuator: A process for adjusting a friction clutch located in a drive train of a vehicle and actuated by an actuator, the friction clutch comprising an adjustment device which, on moving an actuation element beyond a displacement range, effects a clutch adjustment compensating for friction lining wear, the process comprising the... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070199791 - Friction clutch and actuator thereof: The invention relates to a friction clutch consisting of primary and secondary disks and a pressure plate. The clutch also includes an actuator with two coaxial rings that can be rotated independent of one another. The rings compress the disks during relative rotation. In order to provide an actuator which... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070199792 - Motor driven ball and ramp clutching system for a marine transmission: A motor applies torque to a ball and ramp actuator element generating thrust that is transferred thru a bearing from the stationary actuator to the rotating clutch pack elements of a marine transmission.... Agent: George Reisch Aschauer

20070199794 - Friction plate and wet-type multi-plate clutch having such friction plate: The present invention provides a friction plate having a friction surface formed by sticking an annular friction material to a substantially annular core plate and wherein the friction surface is provided with a first oil groove having an opening portion opened to an inner peripheral edge of the friction plate... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070199795 - Anti-reactive modular gear unit and locking coupling: The present invention relates to a retroaction-protected transmission module for a motor for driving a retroaction-endangered load, in particular of a gate, having a transmission (11) having a drive side and an output side and a blocking clutch (1) having a clutch state and a blocking state, the blocking clutch... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070193843 - Dual clutch pack dual operating clutch and method for adjusting same: A dual automatic mechanically actuated wet clutch device, for operation within a fluid tight housing, for a dual input shaft transmission that includes tightly specified average spacing between friction plate surfaces where the average spacing is selected from between about 0.05 mm to about 0.25 mm in an open position.... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070193844 - Clutch housing with lever spring retention slots and method of installing a lever spring: The present invention broadly comprises a spring-retaining clutch housing including a housing wall and at least one opening in the wall. The opening is arranged to accept at least a portion of a lever spring for a clutch assembly. The lever spring includes at least one protrusion, extending from an... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070193845 - Clutch housing with wide lever spring retention slots and clutch housing with axially off-set tabs: The present invention broadly comprises a clutch housing including a substantially cylindrical housing wall and an opening in the housing wall. The opening is operatively arranged to accept at least a portion of a lever spring for a clutch assembly and at least a portion of a protrusion for a... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070193846 - Axial setting device: An axial setting device for actuating a multi-plate coupling (2) in the driveline of a motor vehicle, comprising a housing (3), a cylinder unit (15) and a hydraulic system. In the housing (3), two parts (4, 5) are supported so as to be coaxially rotatable relative to one another and... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070193847 - Segmented core plate and friction disc: Segmented steel core plates for either double sided or single sided wet clutch friction plates or separator plates and a process for making the same are disclosed.... Agent: Emch, Schaffer, Schaub & Porcello, Co., L.pa.

20070193848 - Clutch assembly with an oil pump clutch housing and a carrier engaged with a clutch pack outer circumference: The present invention broadly comprises a ring carrier with a wall arranged to engage at least a portion of an outer circumference of a clutch pack for a clutch assembly for a vehicle and a clutch housing with a wall arranged to engage at least a portion of an inner... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070193849 - Sliding operating device: A case includes first and second halves, each having an opening in its one side, combined together with the openings opposed to each other. A moving member is accommodated within the case and slidingly movable along a movement guide. An operator is connected to the moving member. The operator has... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070193850 - Clutch housing with openings to engage a clutch plate: The present invention broadly comprises a clutch housing with a housing wall disposed radially about a longitudinal axis for the housing and at least one opening in the housing wall operatively arranged to accept at least a portion of a clutch plate for a clutch assembly. The housing is substantially... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070187203 - Apparatus for the operation of a hydrodynamic torque converter and a therewith corresponding converter bypassing clutch of a transmission apparatus: An apparatus operating a hydrodynamic torque converter and a corresponding converter-bypass clutch of a transmission. The apparatus having a line system, a solenoid valve and a therewith coacting variable pressure controlling valve. A valve stem assembly respectively of the solenoid valve and the pressure control valve are controllable by subjection... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070187205 - Apparatus for the operation of a hydrodynamic torque converter and a therewith corresponding converter bypassing clutch of a transmission apparatus: An apparatus for operating a hydrodynamic torque converter and a corresponding converter-bypass clutch of a transmission, having a solenoid valve communicating with a variable pressure control valve. The respective valve stem assembly thereof having surfaces which react to an application of hydraulic pressure. Each valve being controlled by a pilot... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070187204 - Device for the operation of a starter mechanism that can be brought into active connection with a hydraulic supply circuit of a transmission unit: A device for operating a starter mechanism actively connected with a hydraulic supply circuit of a transmission unit. The starter mechanism has a piston chamber subject to hydraulic pressure for activating a frictional shift element and a hydraulic chamber subject to hydraulic pressure for the cooling and lubricating an area... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070187206 - Wet-type multi-plate clutch: In a wet-type multi-plate clutch comprising an externally-toothed plate and an internally-toothed plate each of which is formed by adhering a friction material on a core plate and in which torque is transmitted by engaging the externally-toothed plate and the internally-toothed plate, the friction materials are adhered on opposed surfaces... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070187207 - Drive system of a working vehicle: A drive system of a working vehicle including a main engine drivingly connected to a hydraulic pump. The hydraulic pump is connected to first and second hydraulic motors. When an undesirable operating condition is detected, a control device shifts an actuator associated with at least one of the wheels, to... Agent: Deere & Company

20070181397 - Hydraulic synchronizer: A synchronizer for first and second drives is provided which includes a first drive having a first fluid passage, a hub affixed with the first drive having a second fluid passage connected with the first fluid passage, a piston mounted on the hub forming a control volume between the piston... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Ozga, P.C.

20070181395 - Bridging clutch between two dampers: A torque converter is provided with a bridging clutch and two dampers, wherein the bridging clutch is positioned in the power path between the dampers. The converter is provided with a three-duct system for the oil supply.... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070181396 - Torque converter with forced oil circulation: A three-channel torque converter in which an additional wall is mounted, thereby creating a third space which hydraulically connects the end of the plates that faces away from the turbine to a third channel. This third space ensures that an exchange flow of oil in a region of the hydrodynamic... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070181398 - Noise control using torsionally rigid damper stage: An embodiment provides a friction clutch apparatus that includes a disk assembly disk. The disk assembly has a disk portion selectively coupled to a first member, and a hub portion selectively coupled to a second member. The hub portion is generally axially aligned with the disk portion. The disk portion... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070181399 - Wrap spring clutch: The present invention relates to a wrap spring clutch comprising a first shaft; a wrap spring wound around the first shaft in a winding direction and comprising wrap spring ends; and comprising a second hollow shaft arranged around the wrap spring to be concentric to the first shaft, characterized by... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070175720 - Control device and control method for vehicle: A vehicle control device includes: real drag torque calculating means a1 which calculates the drag torque of a power transfer mechanism; lubricating oil flow rate calculating means a3 which determines the flow rate of lubricating oil according to an real drag torque; reference drag torque calculating means a2 which calculates... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070175722 - Clamping body freewheel: A clamping body freewheel (1) has clamping bodies (2) arranged between a cylindrical outer raceway (4) and a cylindrical inner raceway (3) which is concentric with respect to said cylindrical outer raceway (4), which clamping bodies (2) can be tilted between a freewheel position and a clamping position, and has... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070175725 - Multiplate wet clutch: A multiplate wet clutch has a first clutch portion comprising at least a first engaging element and a first engaged element, which are alternately arranged, a second clutch portion comprising at least a second engaging element and a second engaged element and a piston which fastens and releases engagements between... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070175721 - Drivetrain for a motor vehicle: A drivetrain for a motor vehicle has a friction clutch for transmitting drive torque for the motor vehicle and has an actuator arrangement for actuating the friction clutch. The actuator arrangement has a first actuator which is designed to close the friction clutch quickly with little force expenditure in order... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070175723 - Dual clutch arrangement: A dual clutch arrangement with an input shaft, with a first friction clutch, and with a second friction clutch. The input element of the first friction clutch is connected to the input shaft and the output element thereof is connected to a first output shaft. The input element of the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070175724 - Automatically releaseable bidirectional overrunning clutch: The present invention relates to a bi-directional overrunning clutch that enables movement of an object between multiple rotational bodies in either direction using a single motor. The clutch includes a pair of cam discs disposed about a driven shaft extending from the motor and spaced from one another, outer races... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070175726 - Hydraulic clutch transmission element for a hybrid traction chain of a motor vechicle, and motor vehicle comprising one such element: The invention relates to an element comprising an input shaft (37), an output shaft (39), an electric motor (31) comprising a stator (61) and a rotor (63), a first clutch (33) connecting the input shaft (37) and the rotor (63), and a second clutch (35) connecting the rotor (63) and... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20070175727 - Pressure controlled clutch peak torque limiter: A clutch peak torque limiter for regulating the flow rate of fluid between a clutch master cylinder and slave cylinder in a vehicle transmission, the valve having a non-return valve for allowing free flow of fluid from the clutch master cylinder to the clutch slave cylinder, a return orifice for... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070175728 - Transmission: A transmission has a rotating shaft, a coupling sleeve fixedly coupled to the rotating shaft to rotate with the rotating shaft and a variable speed gear mounted on the rotating shaft. The variable speed gear is configured to rotate on the rotating shaft when a clutch gear that is embedded... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP