US 7,320,391 B2
Alternative pack designs for multidisk clutches
Przemyslaw Zagrodzki, West Lafayette, Ind. (US); and Wenping Zhao, Crawfordsville, Ind. (US)
Assigned to Raybestos Products Company, Crawfordsville, Ind. (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/875,544.
Prior Publication US 2005/0284723 A1, Dec. 29, 2005
Int. Cl. F16D 13/52 (2006.01); F16D 25/0638 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 192—70.14  [192/85 AA] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transmission clutch including a rotating hub mounted for rotation relative to a rotating clutch housing in the transmission; the clutch comprising:
an alternative clutch pack having a plurality of annular plates including a first set of plates interleaved with a second set of friction plates having at least one layer of friction material on at least one side of each said friction plate, and
a clutch pack actuator including a plurality of axially elongated fingers aligned with said plates;
wherein said first set of plates is secured for rotation with the hub, wherein said second set is rotatably fixed to the rotating clutch housing and said actuator is axially displaceable but rotatably restrained relative to the rotating clutch housing.