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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Clifford Krieger, Dryden, MI (US);
Steve Wozniak, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Jim Beatty, Marysville, MI (US);
Inventors:
Clifford Krieger, Dryden, MI (US);
Steve Wozniak, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Jim Beatty, Marysville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Coupled Products LLC, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for attenuation of fluid pressure pulses in a hydraulic system of an automatic transmission is provided. In one embodiment of the invention, a wave tuner is disposed within a fluid conduit between the transmission and a transmission fluid cooler. In another embodiment of the invention, a stand pipe is teed into the conduit with an open end of the stand pipe communicating with the conduit and an opposite closed end reflecting pressure pulses.