Fluid clutches in which the clutching is predominantly obtained by fluid adhesion

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    Clutch system with phase changing materials

    • Patent number 11,953,061
    • Issue date Apr 9, 2024
    • The Johns Hopkins University
    • Alexander Cohen
    • B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
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    Valve control system for viscous friction clutch

    • Patent number 11,873,868
    • Issue date Jan 16, 2024
    • Horton, Inc.
    • Raimund Krammer
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
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    Variable speed transmission and system using same

    • Patent number 11,835,117
    • Issue date Dec 5, 2023
    • Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie—SRL
    • Gianluca Boccadamo
    • H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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    Controller of fan coupling device

    • Patent number 11,635,085
    • Issue date Apr 25, 2023
    • Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    • Shoichi Akiyama
    • F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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    Modular viscous fan clutch system

    • Patent number 11,624,410
    • Issue date Apr 11, 2023
    • Kit Masters Inc.
    • Craig Swanson
    • B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    Viscous coupling

    • Patent number 11,619,273
    • Issue date Apr 4, 2023
    • BorgWarner Inc.
    • Tobias Moser
    • F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
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    Controller of fan coupling device

    • Patent number 11,566,558
    • Issue date Jan 31, 2023
    • Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    • Masaaki Yamaguchi
    • F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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    Pump and wiper assembly, associated viscous clutch and associated m...

    • Patent number 11,441,621
    • Issue date Sep 13, 2022
    • Horton, Inc.
    • David R. Hennessy
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
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    Shaft output viscous clutch

    • Patent number 11,333,207
    • Issue date May 17, 2022
    • Horton, Inc.
    • David R. Hennessy
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
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    Control device for clutch

    • Patent number 11,286,998
    • Issue date Mar 29, 2022
    • Isuzu Motors Limited
    • Yusuke Takahashi
    • F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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    Brake using magnetorheological transmission and brake-by-wire

    • Patent number 11,268,586
    • Issue date Mar 8, 2022
    • HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    • Xianxu Bai
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
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    Energy harvesting clutch control assembly, valve assembly, and elec...

    • Patent number 11,260,739
    • Issue date Mar 1, 2022
    • Horton, Inc.
    • David R. Hennessy
    • B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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    Fluid friction clutch

    • Patent number 11,137,037
    • Issue date Oct 5, 2021
    • Mahle International GmbH
    • Jens Langenstein
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
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    Hydrodynamic friction clutch

    • Patent number 11,125,280
    • Issue date Sep 21, 2021
    • Mahle International GmbH
    • Jochen Draeger
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
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    Viscous coupling for a coolant pump

    • Patent number 11,073,182
    • Issue date Jul 27, 2021
    • Mahle International GmbH
    • Martin Gross
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
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    Viscous clutch with return bore through rotor

    • Patent number RE48623
    • Issue date Jul 6, 2021
    • Horton, Inc.
    • Thomas Schmidt
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    Viscous clutch and method of operation

    • Patent number 10,941,819
    • Issue date Mar 9, 2021
    • Horton, Inc.
    • David R. Hennessy
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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    Working machine and cooling control system for the same

    • Patent number 10,865,692
    • Issue date Dec 15, 2020
    • Kubota Corporation
    • Ryosuke Kinugawa
    • F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
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    Viscous fluid shear device having wiper fixedly coupled to housing...

    • Patent number 10,851,852
    • Issue date Dec 1, 2020
    • BorgWarner Inc.
    • Gerard M. Light
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
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    Fluid friction clutch

    • Patent number 10,837,500
    • Issue date Nov 17, 2020
    • BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH
    • Thomas Buchholz
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
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    High energy dissipation torsional viscous damper

    • Patent number 10,837,497
    • Issue date Nov 17, 2020
    • LO-REZ VIBRATION CONTROL LTD.
    • Edward G. Hauptmann
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
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    Electromagnetic coil connection assembly

    • Patent number 10,839,999
    • Issue date Nov 17, 2020
    • Horton, Inc.
    • Robert Donald Cayton
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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    Technique for cooling for an internal combustion engine

    • Patent number 10,815,864
    • Issue date Oct 27, 2020
    • MAN Truck & Bus AG
    • Alexander Schydlo
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
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    Two speed clutch with viscous system

    • Patent number 10,808,776
    • Issue date Oct 20, 2020
    • Kit Masters Inc.
    • Dale Scherman
    • F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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    Torque transmission device, braking apparatus, and power transmissi...

    • Patent number 10,774,884
    • Issue date Sep 15, 2020
    • WAKAYAMA PREFECTURE
    • Hideyuki Koishi
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
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    Electronic actuator for fan clutch

    • Patent number 10,767,709
    • Issue date Sep 8, 2020
    • Jung Ok Cha
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
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    Viscous clutch

    • Patent number 10,760,623
    • Issue date Sep 1, 2020
    • Jung Ok Cha
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
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    Fluid fan clutch

    • Patent number 10,711,684
    • Issue date Jul 14, 2020
    • USUI CO., LTD.
    • Satoshi Kubota
    • F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
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    External control type fan clutch device

    • Patent number 10,670,089
    • Issue date Jun 2, 2020
    • USUI CO., LTD.
    • Hiroki Sugawara
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
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    Cooling control system for working machine and the working machine

    • Patent number 10,669,920
    • Issue date Jun 2, 2020
    • Kubota Corporation
    • Nozomu Minagawa
    • B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

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    POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE

    • Publication number 20240011548
    • Publication date Jan 11, 2024
    • Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    • Koichi OKUDA
    • B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • Information Patent Application

    MODULAR VISCOUS FAN CLUTCH SYSTEM

    • Publication number 20230417295
    • Publication date Dec 28, 2023
    • KIT MASTERS INC.
    • Craig SWANSON
    • B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    Valve Control System for Viscous Friction Clutch

    • Publication number 20230213072
    • Publication date Jul 6, 2023
    • HORTON, INC.
    • Raimund Krammer
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED VISCOUS COUPLER FOR COMBINE HARVESTER

    • Publication number 20220348412
    • Publication date Nov 3, 2022
    • CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
    • Christopher M. Cauley
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    PUMP AND WIPER ASSEMBLY, ASSOCIATED VISCOUS CLUTCH AND ASSOCIATED M...

    • Publication number 20220074453
    • Publication date Mar 10, 2022
    • HORTON, INC.
    • David R. Hennessy
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    CONTROLLER OF FAN COUPLING DEVICE

    • Publication number 20210332739
    • Publication date Oct 28, 2021
    • Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    • Masaaki YAMAGUCHI
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    SHAFT OUTPUT VISCOUS CLUTCH

    • Publication number 20210301884
    • Publication date Sep 30, 2021
    • HORTON, INC.
    • David R. Hennessy
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    ENERGY HARVESTING CLUTCH CONTROL ASSEMBLY, VALVE ASSEMBLY, AND ELEC...

    • Publication number 20210138888
    • Publication date May 13, 2021
    • HORTON, INC.
    • David R. Hennessy
    • B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • Information Patent Application

    FLUID FRICTION CLUTCH

    • Publication number 20200284306
    • Publication date Sep 10, 2020
    • MAHLE International GmbH
    • Jens Langenstein
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    CONTROL DEVICE FOR CLUTCH

    • Publication number 20200256407
    • Publication date Aug 13, 2020
    • Isuzu Motors Limited;
    • Yusuke TAKAHASHI
    • F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
  • Information Patent Application

    MODULAR VISCOUS FAN CLUTCH SYSTEM

    • Publication number 20200240478
    • Publication date Jul 30, 2020
    • KIT MASTERS
    • Craig SWANSON
    • B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    VISCOUS COUPLING FOR A COOLANT PUMP

    • Publication number 20200182309
    • Publication date Jun 11, 2020
    • MAHLE International GmbH
    • Martin Gross
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    TORQUE GENERATING DEVICE

    • Publication number 20200158191
    • Publication date May 21, 2020
    • ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    • Asuka Koike
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    HYDRODYNAMIC FRICTION CLUTCH

    • Publication number 20200096056
    • Publication date Mar 26, 2020
    • MAHLE International GmbH
    • Jochen Draeger
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    BRAKE USING MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL TRANSMISSION AND BRAKE-BY-WIRE

    • Publication number 20200049217
    • Publication date Feb 13, 2020
    • HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    • Xianxu BAI
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    ELECTROMAGNETIC COIL CONNECTION ASSEMBLY

    • Publication number 20190355502
    • Publication date Nov 21, 2019
    • HORTON, INC.
    • Robert Donald Cayton
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • Information Patent Application

    Apparatus Employing Shear Forces To Transmit Energy Having Flow Alt...

    • Publication number 20190293130
    • Publication date Sep 26, 2019
    • BorgWarner Inc.
    • Jonathan B. Stagg
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    FAN-COUPLING DEVICE WITH UNITARY MAGNETIC POLE CONSTRUCTION

    • Publication number 20190257373
    • Publication date Aug 22, 2019
    • Standard Motor Products, Inc.
    • Archibald E. Pinto
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    FLUID FAN CLUTCH

    • Publication number 20190218957
    • Publication date Jul 18, 2019
    • USUI CO., LTD.
    • Satoshi KUBOTA
    • F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
  • Information Patent Application

    MODULAR VISCOUS CLUTCH

    • Publication number 20190219108
    • Publication date Jul 18, 2019
    • HORTON, INC.
    • David R. Hennessy
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    HIGH ENERGY DISSIPATION TORSIONAL VISCOUS DAMPER

    • Publication number 20190211882
    • Publication date Jul 11, 2019
    • LO-REZ VIBRATION CONTROL LTD.
    • Edward G. HAUPTMANN
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    VISCOUS CLUTCH

    • Publication number 20190186556
    • Publication date Jun 20, 2019
    • COOLING SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    • Jung Ok CHA
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    VARIABLE SPEED TRANSMISSION AND SYSTEM USING SAME

    • Publication number 20190154127
    • Publication date May 23, 2019
    • Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie S.r.l.
    • Gianluca BOCCADAMO
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    VISCOUS FLUID SHEAR DEVICE HAVING WIPER FIXEDLY COUPLED TO HOUSING...

    • Publication number 20190136916
    • Publication date May 9, 2019
    • BorgWarner Inc.
    • Gerard M. Light
    • F24 - HEATING RANGES VENTILATING
  • Information Patent Application

    Viscous Clutch and Method of Operation

    • Publication number 20190107158
    • Publication date Apr 11, 2019
    • HORTON, INC.
    • David R. Hennessy
    • F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
  • Information Patent Application

    TECHNIQUE FOR COOLING FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

    • Publication number 20190101044
    • Publication date Apr 4, 2019
    • MAN Truck & Bus AG
    • Alexander Schydlo
    • F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
  • Information Patent Application

    TORQUE TRANSMISSION DEVICE, BRAKING APPARATUS, AND POWER TRANSMISSI...

    • Publication number 20190093713
    • Publication date Mar 28, 2019
    • WAKAYAMA PREFECTURE
    • Hideyuki KOISHI
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    FLUID FRICTION CLUTCH

    • Publication number 20190085912
    • Publication date Mar 21, 2019
    • BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH
    • Thomas Buchholz
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    VISCOUS COUPLING FOR A COOLANT PUMP

    • Publication number 20190048945
    • Publication date Feb 14, 2019
    • MAHLE International GmbH
    • Martin Gross
    • F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
  • Information Patent Application

    CLUTCHED COMPRESSOR SECTION FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE

    • Publication number 20190017436
    • Publication date Jan 17, 2019
    • United Technologies Corporation
    • John C. DiTomasso
    • F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS