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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2006
Ralph Woodward Baxter, Jr., Fort Wayne, IN (US);
William Gordon Hunt, Tecumseh, MI (US);
Randy L. Sommer, Monroeville, IN (US);
Ralph Woodward Baxter, Jr., Fort Wayne, IN (US);
William Gordon Hunt, Tecumseh, MI (US);
Randy L. Sommer, Monroeville, IN (US);
Dana Automotive Systems, Group, LLC, Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
A coupling assembly comprises an input shaft driven by a prime mover, at least one output shaft drivingly coupled to the input shaft, a fluid pump selectively driven by the input shaft through an auxiliary clutch, a friction clutch for selectively frictionally coupling the input shaft with the at least one output shaft, and a fluid clutch actuator for operating the friction clutch between a disengaged condition and an engaged condition. The fluid pump selectively communicates with the fluid clutch actuator for setting the friction clutch assembly in the engaged condition. The fluid pump is mounted to the input shaft.