US Patent Issued to DANA BELGIUM on Oct. 27 for "Counter pressure chamber for hydraulic clutch" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,723, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to DANA BELGIUM (Bruges, Belgium).

"Counter pressure chamber for hydraulic clutch" was invented by Pauwel Coenen (Aalter, Belgium), Kurt Cattoor (Koolkerke, Belgium), Filip D. Schacht (Meulebeke, Belgium) and Joachim Van Dingenen (Drongen, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems and methods for a hydraulic clutch. The hydraulic clutch includes a piston, a drum, a washer, an actuation chamber defined between the piston and the drum, and a counter-pressure chamber defined between the piston and the washer. The piston comprises a first portion for positioning an outer seal...