Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Viscous two-speed clutch
- Patent Title (中): 粘性双速离合器
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Application No.: US13335621Application Date: 2011-12-22
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Publication No.: US08863929B2Publication Date: 2014-10-21
- Inventor: Paul Roczniak , Thomas M. Jagger , Craig M. Swanson
- Applicant: Paul Roczniak , Thomas M. Jagger , Craig M. Swanson
- Applicant Address: US MN Perham
- Assignee: Kit Masters
- Current Assignee: Kit Masters
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Perham
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: F16D47/06
- IPC: F16D47/06 ; F04D25/02 ; F16D35/02 ; F16D25/0632

Abstract:
Some embodiments of a clutch system may drive an output portion to rotate at a first rotational speed when the clutch surfaces are engaged and to rotate at a second rotational speed when the clutch surfaces are shifted to a disengaged position. The viscous two-speed clutch system may employ a viscous drive system that causes the output portion to rotate even when the clutch surfaces are disengaged. In such circumstances, the cooling fan can be driven to rotate at a first rotation speed due to interconnection with a drive source and to rotate at a second rotational speed even when the clutch surfaces are disengaged. Thus, the clutch system facilitates the flow of cooling air both when the vehicle cooling system activates the fan (e.g. by causing the clutch surface to engage) and when the vehicle cooling system deactivates the fan (e.g. by causing the clutch surfaces to disengage).
Public/Granted literature
- US20120164002A1 VISCOUS TWO-SPEED CLUTCH Public/Granted day:2012-06-28
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