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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
May. 01, 2019
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jason Winfred Jewett, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Thomas Joseph Farineau, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Siddharth Navinchandra Ashar, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Andrew John Lammas, Greenville, SC (US);
Paul Richard Stukenborg, Guilderland, NY (US);
Eric Paul Knopf, Wurenlingen, CH;
Mateusz Wojciech Golebiowski, Rutihof, CH;
Chad Duncan Munkres, Schenectady, NY (US);
Eric Lorin Letterman, Glenville, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A clutch system configured to transmit torque between an input shaft and an output shaft. The clutch system may include a clutch and a lubrication supply system. The clutch may include: an input portion disposed at an end of the input shaft; an output portion disposed at an end of the output shaft; and a sliding component that slides axially between the input and output portions to engage the clutch. The lubrication supply system may include: one or more lubricant feeds for delivering a lubricant to the clutch; and one or more lubricant drains for draining the lubricant from the clutch. The one or more lubricant feeds may include one or more respective valves. The one or more valves each may be configurable between settings that vary an amount of the lubricant delivered to the clutch via the respective one of the one or more lubricant feeds.