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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Johann Kirchhoffer, Köln, DE;
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A dual clutch transmission for motor vehicles, has two transmission sections, a dry dual clutch (), which transmits the torque from the engine selectively to one of the two transmission sections, and a cooling system having a fan impeller system for active air cooling of the dual clutch (). To optimize the individual functional parts of the cooling system and to reduce the clutch masses, it is proposed that the central disk () and/or at least one contact pressure plate () is/are designed as a fan impeller of the fan impeller system (). The central disk () and/or at least one of the contact pressure plates () has/have passages which extend radially or have a radial component.