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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2012
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gregory D. Goleski, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Steven G. Thomas, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Jeffrey E. Maurer, Commerce, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 25/10 (2006.01); F16H 3/66 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01); F16H 63/30 (2006.01); F16D 25/0638 (2006.01); F16D 48/02 (2006.01); F16H 3/44 (2006.01); F16H 57/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/043 (2013.01); F16D 25/0638 (2013.01); F16D 25/10 (2013.01); F16D 48/0206 (2013.01); F16H 57/0473 (2013.01); F16H 57/0484 (2013.01); F16H 63/3026 (2013.01); F16D 2048/0224 (2013.01); F16H 3/66 (2013.01); F16H 2003/447 (2013.01); F16H 2057/087 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2012 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for supplying fluid to transmission control elements includes a body producing clutch-apply pressures and a lube source, clutches, each clutch including a servo and a balance volume, a shaft including passages, a support including paths communicating each of the clutch-apply pressures and the lube source to a respective passage, and a clutch hub communicating clutch-apply pressure from each of the passages to a respective servo, and communicating the lube source to the balance volumes.