ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,117, issued on March 18, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Oil redirector for cooling semi-dry clutches" was invented by Juan Bernardo Sosa (Huejotzingo, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oil redirector duct arrangement for a clutch assembly. The oil redirector directs transmission fluid from a radially inner fluid inlet to a radially outer region including clutch plates of a clutch pack. This increases oil flow to the clutch pack to provide proper functioning and durability of the clutch over a wider range of conditions than assemblies that do not include such oil redirector duct...