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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:
Jul. 03, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lawrence C Kennedy, Kettering, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 / ; 403 71 ; 403353 ;
Abstract
A fan clutch assembly for a vehicle includes a pump plate for separating a collecting chamber and a receiving chamber from a reservoir. The pump plate includes an orifice for permitting the passage of fluid from the receiving chamber to the reservoir and for accepting a snap-in-place wiper. The snap-in-place wiper includes a locking element which is receivable in the orifice for quickly securing the wiper to the pump plate.