US Patent Issued to VALEO KAPEC on June 10 for "Lock-up clutch having radial cooling channel and torque converter using the same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,183, issued on June 10, was assigned to VALEO KAPEC Co. LTD. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Lock-up clutch having radial cooling channel and torque converter using the same" was invented by Jung-Ho Lee (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a lock-up clutch for a torque converter. The lock-up clutch includes an outer carrier, an inner carrier, a first friction plate, a rotation of which is restricted by the outer carrier, and a second friction plate, a rotation of which is restricted by the inner carrier. All key grooves of the outer and inner carriers are opened in two radial opposite directions, a...