Patent ID: 6499578
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
Multiple-clutch device, for installation in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle between a drive unit and a transmission, comprising a first clutch arrangement associated with a first transmission input shaft of the transmission, and a second clutch arrangement associated with a second transmission input shaft of the transmission for transmitting torque between the drive unit and the transmission, at least one of the clutch arrangements being a plate clutch arrangement including a stack of plates carried on a clutch plate carrier, said at least one plate clutch arrangement having an actuating piston, said actuating piston defining a pressure chamber for pressure medium actuating engagement of said at least one plate clutch arrangement, in which at least one of the actuating piston and plate carrier of said at least one plate clutch arrangement, has one of a pressure compensation opening and a cooling fluid outlet opening for supply to said at least one plate clutch arrangement of a cooling fluid from a cooling fluid supply, a conducting element being provided axially proximal to one of the pressure compensation opening, and cooling fluid outlet opening said conducting element reinforcing a flow of cooling fluid through the plates, the conducting element comprising an axial outer plate of said stack of plates, said conducting element having a fluid-conducting portion therein.