US 12,253,117 B1
Oil redirector for cooling semi-dry clutches
Juan Bernardo Sosa, Huejotzingo (MX)
Assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed by Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/471,526.
Int. Cl. F16D 25/12 (2006.01); F16D 25/0638 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 25/123 (2013.01) [F16D 25/0638 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clutch assembly comprising:
an inner carrier;
a clutch pack;
a piston for selectively applying pressure to the clutch pack;
a sealing plate; and
an oil redirector;
wherein the oil redirector and the sealing plate define an entirety of a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart and radially extending ducts for directing transmission fluid from a radially inner transmission fluid inlet to the clutch pack;
wherein the oil redirector comprises a plurality of circumferentially-spaced sidewalls extending tangentially relative to a center opening of the oil redirector, the sidewalls extending between radially inner ends of respective adjacent pairs of the plurality of ducts; and
wherein each of the sidewalls are comprised of two sidewall sections, each sidewall section extending in a respective non-parallel plane, and an angle θ between the respective planes is greater than zero.