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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1998
George Moser, Wixom, MI (US);
Behr America, Inc., Walled Lake, MI (US);
Abstract
A fluid coupling assembly 20, 120, 220, 320 and 420 of the type including a housing having spaced side walls 24, 124, 224 and 434 extending radially to an axis A and defining a fluid chamber surrounding a disc 30, 130 supported by a shaft 26 extending through and rotatably supported by one of the side walls with cooling fins for cooling the fluid chamber. A cooling sub-assembly 44, 46, 48, 144, 244, 246, 248, or 444 of cooling fins connected to a ring 50, 54, 58, 150, 250, 350, 450 and 472 is secured to the housing. The housing and/or the disc may be fabricated from sheet metal. The cooling sub-assemblies may be of various embodiments and a plurality of cooling sub-assemblies 44, 46, 48 may be attached to each housing.