US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on May 13 for "Torque-distribution device for a motor vehicle comprising two pressure-medium-actuated clutches having double pistons, and method for operating the torque-distribution device" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,873, issued on May 13, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Torque-distribution device for a motor vehicle comprising two pressure-medium-actuated clutches having double pistons, and method for operating the torque-distribution device" was invented by Elmar Lorenz (Rheinmunster Sollingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque-distribution device includes a rotor carrier couplable to an input shaft, a clutch device having a disc pack, and an actuation device for actuating the clutch device. The actuation device includes a primary piston, and a secondary piston. The primary piston de...