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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2014
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Christopher D. Pump, Macomb, MI (US);
Charles G. Stuart, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
John C. Hibbler, Lake Orion, MI (US);
James P. Downs, South Lyon, MI (US);
Shawn S. Proctor, Detroit, MI (US);
Robert J. DeGowske, Fair Haven, MI (US);
Adrian M. Lenczewski, Detroit, MI (US);
Firoz Ali S. Jafri, Detroit, MI (US);
Paul J. Valente, Berkley, MI (US);
Brian McCormick, Detroit, MI (US);
Thomas C. Bowen, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Paul W. Kornosky, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
The present teachings provide for a power transmitting component including a housing, a clutch, a vent, and a dam. The vent can fluidly couple a first and second cavity. The dam can include a door member. Rotation of the outer carrier through a fluid in the second cavity can sling a portion of the fluid toward the vent to cause the portion of the fluid to be transferred from the second cavity, through the vent, and to the first cavity. When the piston is in a first position, the door member can be in a closed position to limit fluid flow from the first cavity to the second cavity. When the piston is in a second position, the door member can be in an open position to allow fluid to flow from the first cavity to the second cavity.