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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1979
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jere R Lansinger, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 / ; 192 / ;
Abstract
A viscous fluid coupling for a fan drive in an automotive vehicle, including a stamped sheet metal input member inside a cast metal output member. The output member has a fluid reservoir formed of a sheet metal stamping attached to a ledge. A moveable reed valve permits fluid to flow from the reservoir to a working space between the input and output members.