Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pressure balancing of rotating control piston of generator transmission
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Application No.: US18295587Application Date: 2023-04-04
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Publication No.: US12000343B1Publication Date: 2024-06-04
- Inventor: Aaron Cooling , Glenn C. Lemmers, Jr.
- Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NC Charlotte
- Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Charlotte
- Agency: CANTOR COLBURN LLP
- Main IPC: F02C7/32
- IPC: F02C7/32 ; B64D27/10 ; B64D35/00 ; F01D15/10 ; F16D25/0638

Abstract:
A clutch assembly includes a clutch pack, and a rotating control piston selectably engageable with the clutch pack via movement of the clutch piston along an axis of rotation of the control piston. The clutch piston includes a piston member engageable with the clutch pack, a cover plate installed into the piston member to define an enclosed volume, and an axially fixed chamber divider positioned in the enclosed volume to divide the enclosed volume into a control pressure chamber and a pressure balancing chamber. Both the control pressure chamber and the pressure balancing chamber are filled with hydraulic fluid, and the control piston is moved between a disengaged position and an engaged position via modulation of hydraulic pressure in the control pressure chamber.
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