ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,736, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to PT Tech LLC (Wadsworth, Ohio).
"Compact multi-function clutch" was invented by Richard E. Cole Jr. (Medina, Ohio), Daniel Wilkerson (Copley, Ohio) and Brett Carpenter (Birmingham, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clutch includes a clutch fluid chamber with a movable clutch piston configured to selectively engage a clutch pack to connect an input drive portion and an output portion. A brake reaction plate is configured for selective frictional braking of the output portion. A brake fluid chamber contains a brake piston configured to selectively move the brake reaction plate from a disabled...