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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
May. 18, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Dengfu Zhang, Northville, MI (US);
John Edsel Robarge, Saline, MI (US);
Chin-Yuan Perng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Samantha Hart, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A clutch assembly includes a clutch housing, a clutch hub, a clutch pack and an oil deflector. The clutch pack includes at least one friction plate connected to one of the clutch housing and the clutch hub and at least one separator plate connected to the other of the clutch housing and the clutch hub. The oil deflector includes a circumferential wall and a flange. The circumferential wall includes a drain slot. The flange extends radially outwardly from an end of the circumferential wall and is mounted to one of the at least one separator plate and the at least one friction plate. The circumferential wall and the first flange cooperate to define a channel. Lubricant flowing along the clutch housing flows to the channel where the lubricant is directed away from the clutch pack and out of the drain slot.