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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Rolls-royce North American Technologies Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventor:
George F. Griffiths, Carmel, IN (US);
Assignee:
Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 9/00 (2006.01); B08B 9/032 (2006.01); B08B 3/00 (2006.01); F02B 77/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 9/032 (2013.01); B08B 3/003 (2013.01); F02B 2077/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of cleaning a clutch included in a drive train is disclosed in this paper. The method includes dispensing a cleaning agent, preferably a foamed cleaning agent, into the clutch. The clutch optionally includes clutch plates with evacuation channels formed in the clutch plates designed to carry cleaning agent and/or debris away from engagement surfaces of the clutch plates.