Clutches and power-stop control inventions 03/09

20090078522 - Hydrodynamic torque converter with coupling spring device for the piston: A hydrodynamic torque converter with a driving pump wheel and a drive turbine wheel that is placed in a housing in such a way that it can rotate is fixed to the drive shaft of a drive unit, and is connected to the housing with a converter bridging coupling that... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090078528 - Drum rotating apparatus for use on construction machines: A support member which is securely fixed to a truck frame is constituted by a tubular body portion and a lid portion. A couple of dry electromagnetic brakes are located in a brake accommodation room within the tubular body portion. The support member is assembled with an electric motor. A... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20090078523 - Unidirectional clutch assembly: A unidirectional clutch assembly for coupling an input shaft to a driven shaft, uses an internal shaft positioned within a moveable clutch disc and a stationary clutch disc. The moveable disc has an engaging element for releasably engaging the internal shaft when the moveable clutch disc is rotated in a... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20090078524 - Torque limiting devices for actuators: A torque limiting includes first and second rotational plates, first and second springs, and a slip device. The first rotational plate is coupled to a torque input device. The second rotational plate is coupled to a drive shaft, and is configured to be movable along an axial direction thereof. The... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090078525 - Method and apparatus for limiting wheel end clutch ring travel: A travel limiter associated with a wheel end adapted to selectively engage and disengage a drive shaft via a sliding clutch ring. The travel limiter operatively disposed on a coupler of the wheel end and configured to limit axial displacement of the sliding clutch ring towards the wheel assembly when... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20090078526 - Multiple disk clutch: A multiple disk clutch includes a clutch outer, a clutch inner, frictional disks, a cam mechanism, and a vibration isolating member. The clutch inner is provided inside the clutch outer and configured to transmit a rotational driving force from the clutch outer to a transmission shaft. The frictional disks are... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090078529 - Lever system for actuating a clutch: A lever system for actuating a clutch in the power train of a motor vehicle or of a disc brake, including: a lever with a first side rotatably supported on about a pivot and with a side in functional connection with a pressing means, wherein said lever with a fulcrum... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090078527 - Clutch for a transmission: The clutch of the present invention has a reaction plate, a friction plate, a friction layer, and at least one non-compressible member. The friction plate is disposed adjacent the reaction plate for frictionally engaging the reaction plate to transfer a driving torque between the reaction plate and the friction plate... Agent: Vivacqua Law, PLLC

20090071784 - Powertrain with torque converter-mounted generator for multiple voltage electrical power and method for assembling same: A torque converter-mounted generator is provided that, along with power electronics, offers at least two types of electrical power output and may be attached to a transmission without impacting the axial length of a powertrain in comparison to a powertrain with an identical transmission and a torque converter not having... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090071785 - Torque converter with reverse: A torque converter including: a turbine; a first stator; a first interlocking clutch; and a second interlocking clutch. In a first operating mode, to enable rotation of the turbine in a first direction, the first clutch is for engaging with the turbine and is engageable with an input shaft of... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090071787 - Latching frictional engagement assembly using a check valve: A frictional engagement assembly for an automotive device, including: at least one frictionally engageable plate; a first piston plate displaceable in a first axial direction to urge the at least one frictionally engageable plate into frictional contact; a first resilient element engaged with the first piston plate and urging the... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090071786 - Torque damper: A torque damper can comprise a clutch piston arranged within a cover of a torque converter and can be adapted to be moved between a connected position and a non-connected position relative to the cover. Damper springs can be arranged along the circumference of the clutch piston. Connecting members can... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090071791 - Automobile anticollision decelerating and emergency brake apparatus: An anticollision decelerating and emergency brake apparatus of automobile is disclosed. The objects of the invention is realized by the following: an anticollision decelerating and an emergency brake apparatus of automobile constituted by clutch (1), a energy-storage assembly (2), a brake force transmission assembly (3), a combined solenoid valve assembly... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20090071788 - One-way clutch: A one-way clutch 10 has rollers 24, block bearings 30 and a cage 40 between outer and inner rings 21, 23. A cam surface 27 formed by a valley portion 25 and an inclined surface 26 is formed on an inner circumferential surface of the outer ring 21 so as... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090071789 - Power transmitting apparatus: A power transmitting apparatus can include a clutch housing rotatable together with an input member and supporting a plurality of driving clutch plates. A clutch member can support a plurality of driven clutch plates alternately arranged between the driving clutch plates via spline fitting and connected to an output member.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090071792 - Power transmitting apparatus: A power transmitting apparatus can comprise a clutch housing rotatable together with an input member and supporting a plurality of driving clutch plates. A clutch member can support a plurality of driven clutch plates alternately arranged between the driving clutch plates via spline fitting and connected to an output member.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090071790 - Release bearing assembly: A release bearing assembly has a roller bearing, an enclosure and a slinger. The enclosure has first and second flange portions. The slinger has a body portion sized for radial disposition within an inner diameter of the first flange portion. A lip portion extends from the body portion and defines... Agent: Eaton Corporation

20090065318 - Oil pressure control apparatus: In one embodiment, an oil pressure control apparatus includes a belt-driven continuously variable transmission, a lockup clutch provided in a torque converter, a primary regulator valve that regulates a line oil pressure that becomes a source pressure of oil pressure of various parts, and a lockup control valve that performs... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090065319 - Torque converter with stator shaft one-way clutch: A hydraulic torque converter including a stator, a stator shaft, a one-way clutch including blocking elements and being connected to the stator shaft, a stator hub connecting the stator to the one-way clutch, and axial bearings supporting the stator hub, an axial length of the blocking elements being larger than... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090065320 - Coupling assembly: A coupling assembly for use in transmitting force includes a housing which at least partially encloses a rotatable disc. The housing has a plate portion with an annular force transmitting surface which is engagable with the rotatable disc. A cooling fluid channel is at least partially defined by a side... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090065321 - Automatic transmission control device and method of controlling automatic transmission: A transmission ECU calculates a differential rotation, which is the rotational speed difference between a friction plate and a separator plate, when it is determined that a second brake is not engaged. If it is determined that the differential rotation is equal to or above a predetermined value, the transmission... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090065323 - Hydraulic actuating system for a motor vehicle clutch: A hydraulic actuating system for a shiftable clutch installed in a drive train of a motor vehicle between an internal combustion engine and a transmission, which comprises at least one pressure source to produce a fluid pressure; a slave cylinder operably connected to the pressure source by which a clutch-release... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090065322 - Double-clutch transmission with a device for controlling a plurality of hydraulic shift cylinders: A double-clutch transmission having at least three and preferably four, hydraulic shift cylinders, and a control device to actuate the hydraulic shift cylinders. To improve the speed of operation when selecting a gear, the shift cylinders needed for gear shifting are actuated with the aid of at least three electromagnetically... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20090057086 - Hydraulic power transmission with lock-up clutch: A lock-up clutch is arranged in parallel with a power transmission path between a pump impeller and a turbine runner of a fluid coupling arranged between the drive side and the load side, wherein the lock-up clutch changes the power transmission path. A stall capacity factor is determined using an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090057087 - Clutch system: A clutch system selectively transmitting torque in an automatic transmission according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include: a rotation axis rotated by the torque; at least one plate disposed at an exterior of the rotation axis and moved along an axial direction of the rotation axis;... Agent: Wonseok Oh

20090057091 - Outer retainer for one-way clutch: In a one-way clutch comprising an outer race, an inner race opposed radially thereto, torque transmitting members interposed between the outer race and the inner race to be inclinable at positions where they are engaged with the inner and outer races to transmit a torque and at positions where they... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090057088 - Starting clutch apparatus: The present invention provides a starting clutch apparatus comprising a damper device connected to an output member of an engine, a wet type multi-plate clutch housed in a housing, a piston for pressing the wet type multi-plate clutch to tighten the clutch, and an output member connected to an input... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090057089 - Clutch assembly and method: A clutch assembly and method are provided. The clutch assembly includes a base plate and cover plate secured together. A pressure plate is mounted between the cover plate and base plate and is axially movable but fixed against rotation relative to the base plate. The sides of the clutch assembly... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20090057090 - Hydraulic mechanism for vehicle: A clutch hydraulic mechanism wherein the positional relationship between two cylinders is not varied, and a compact structure can be achieved. A see-saw member for transmitting motive power is provided between a second release cylinder and a first master cylinder and the first master cylinder and the second release cylinder... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090057092 - Clutch hydraulic system for vehicle and hydraulic system: A clutch hydraulic system for a vehicle wherein it is possible to independently operate two systems, to increase the degree of freedom in designing, and to achieve a reduction in cost. A seesaw member for transmitting motive power is provided between a second release cylinder and a first master cylinder,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch