WET CLUTCH WITH COOLANT DISTRIBUTOR

摘要

A wet clutch assembly comprising an integral sealed housing adapted to be mounted on an engine flywheel and providing a sump for cooling fluid. The clutch includes a driving member and a driven member or clutch disk having integral hook-shaped scoops or diverters about its outer periphery adapted to dip into the sump, each scoop having a finger portion tapered in a direction opposite the direction of rotation and providing a curved ramp on its inner edge which functions to divert the fluid radially inwardly of the disk into a diagonal slot from which the fluid feeds into grooves in friction facings which are supported on the disk. The diverters present a narrow profile which minimizes turbulence in the oil so that its flow is controlled, frothing prevented and less heat is generated.