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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Horton, Inc., Roseville, MN (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
HORTON, INC., Roseville, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 35/00 (2005.12); F16H 47/00 (2005.12); F16H 47/06 (2005.12); F16D 35/02 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 35/024 (2012.12); F16D 35/00 (2012.12); F16D 35/005 (2012.12); F16H 47/00 (2012.12); F16H 47/065 (2012.12); F16D 2300/0212 (2012.12);
Abstract
A viscous clutch () includes a housing assembly (), a rotor assembly (), a reservoir () to hold a supply of a shear fluid, a working chamber () operatively positioned between the housing assembly and the rotor assembly, and a fluid return bore (-B) that optionally extends radially through at least an outer diameter portion of the rotor assembly to the working chamber. Selective introduction of the shear fluid to the working chamber facilitates selective torque transmission between the housing assembly and the rotor assembly. The fluid return bore can form at least a portion of a fluid return path () from the working chamber to the reservoir.