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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:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2003
Applicants:
Andrew W. Phillips, Saline, MI (US);
Donald L. Dusenberry, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
James M. Hart, Belleville, MI (US);
Inventors:
Andrew W. Phillips, Saline, MI (US);
Donald L. Dusenberry, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
James M. Hart, Belleville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 65/853 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cooling system for cooling a friction device includes a flow control device which controls a flow of fluid through the friction device. A controller estimates a temperature state of the friction device and calculates a flow command based on the temperature state. The controller operates the flow control device based on the flow command. The temperature state is one of a temperature of the friction device and a thermal energy of the friction device.