Patent ID: 7216750

Claim:
A clutch arrangement for a motor vehicle, said arrangement comprising: a clutch housing filled with a pumped fluid, said clutch housing being rotatable about an axis of rotation; a plurality of first friction elements which are fixed against rotation with respect to said housing; and a plurality of second friction elements which are fixed against rotation with respect to a driven member which is rotatable about said axis of rotation, at least one of said second friction elements being frictionally engageable to rotate in common with at least one of said first friction elements; wherein at least one of said first and at least one of said second friction elements comprises a support component comprising a plurality of radially extending support component segments which are circumferentially separated by cutouts, each support component segment carrying at least one friction lining segment and having circumferentially opposed edges, one of said edges of each said support component segment forming a fluid delivery surface, said fluid delivery surfaces forming respective axially defined flow channels.