ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,445, issued on April 8, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Wet brake clutch" was invented by Austin Hoff (New Franklin, Ohio) and Edward Goodwill (Wooster, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braking system for a vehicle includes a clutch. The clutch includes a rotational axis, a clutch housing, arranged to be rotationally fixed relative to the vehicle and sealed to an axle shaft end, a clutch carrier arranged to be rotationally fixed to a first drive portion of the axle shaft end, a clutch pack and a piston for compressing the clutch pack to brake the axle shaft end. The clutch pack inc...