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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2021
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Christian Denda, Achern, DE;
Stefan Steinmetz, Essingen, DE;
Florian Krebs, Lauf, DE;
Jens Kramer, Baden-Baden, DE;
Laurent Ineichen, Strasbourg, FR;
Tobias Hebgen, Bühl, DE;
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A wet multi-plate clutch includes a plate carrier with a pair of fluid passage openings and a friction plate rotationally fixed and axially displaceable relative to the plate carrier. The friction plate has a carrier element and a pair friction pads fastened to the carrier element and delimiting a groove. The groove includes a groove geometrical center line. The groove geometrical center line may extend radially through a one of the pair of fluid passage openings, or it may extend radially between the pair of fluid passage openings. If the groove geometrical center line extend radially between the pair of fluid passage openings, one of the pair of friction pads may include a pad geometrical center line extending along a radial extent through a one of the pair of fluid passage openings.