MUMBAI, India, Sept. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411012541 A) filed by Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. Kg, Herzogenaurach, Germany, on Feb. 21, 2024, for 'a segmented pressure plate.'

Inventor(s) include Abdul Aziz, Ithayathullah; and Rengasamy, Rajagopal.

The application for the patent was published on Sept. 12, under issue no. 37/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A segmented pressure plate (100) for a clutch assembly comprising a plurality of arcuate plate segments (102a, 102b, 102c) arranged sequentially around a central axis. Each arcuate plate segment (102a, 102b, 102c) has a raised end (104) and a lower end (106). The raised end (104) of each ...