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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:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Phillip D. Magee, Stillwater, OK (US);
Assignee:
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 1/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 1/44 ;
Abstract
A cone clutch is made with a plurality of generally straight grooves machined into the clutch faces of the cone clutch. This allows rapid and efficient evacuation of oil from the clutch faces as the clutch face moves into contact with a mating friction surface. By simplifying the evacuation path for the oil, the operation of the cone clutch is made more predictable and consistent.