ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,088, issued on May 6, was assigned to DANA BELGIUM N.V. (Bruges, Belgium).
"Wet clutch pressure control" was invented by Joachim Van Dingenen (Drongen, Belgium), Jessica Versini (Bruges, Belgium), Jan A. Bedert (Oostduinkerke, Belgium), Filip D. Schacht (Meulebeke, Belgium) and Hein Nevejant (Houthulst, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for a transmission clutch. In one example, the clutch has a pressure control system that includes a piston housing enclosing a piston cavity and a piston, as well as a diffusor positioned in the piston cavity. The diffusor may have tangential channels for directin...