Abstract: An inverter unit includes an inverter and an inverter housing. The inverter drives an electric motor and includes at least one power module and a printed circuit board. The power module converts a High Voltage (HV) Direct Current (DC) to a three-phase Alternating Current (AC) that drives the electric motor. The power module includes lead frames to be received in apertures formed on the PCB. The PCB configured with electronic components mounted thereon controls the electric motor. The inverter housing includes a front head and a cover. The cover in conjunction with the front head defines an enclosure for receiving the inverter. The inverter unit includes support elements to support the power module in a hanging configuration with respect to the PCB.

Abstract: An inverter unit (100) includes an inverter (110), an inverter housing (120) and an insulating member (130). The inverter (110) drives an electric motor (200) and includes at least one power module (112) for converting a High Voltage (HV) Direct Current (DC) to a three-phase Alternating Current (AC) that drives the electric motor (200). The inverter housing (120) receives the inverter (110). The power module (112) is mounted on an end wall (120a) of the inverter housing (120) by means of bolts (114). The insulating member (130) corresponding to each bolt (114) is disposed between a head portion (114a) of the corresponding bolt (114) and the power module (112).

Abstract: A clutch mechanism is configured to be driven in rotation about an axis and includes two assemblies. Each assembly includes: an outer disk carrier externally delimiting a cavity; a clutch including a stack of coupling disks and friction disks, the stack being housed in the cavity and configured to be driven in rotation about the axis; and a reaction member of the outer disk carrier configured to enable compression of the coupling disks against the friction disks in a clutch engaged position of the corresponding clutch. The clutch mechanism includes at least one device for assembling the two assemblies to one another.

Abstract: A clutch mechanism that is configured to be driven in rotation about an axis and includes two assemblies, each assembly including at least an outer disc carrier externally delimiting a cavity, a clutch comprising a stack of coupling discs, and friction discs, the stack being housed in the cavity and configured to be driven in rotation about the axis, a reaction member configured to allow compression of the coupling discs against the friction discs in an engaged position of the clutch, the clutch mechanism comprising at least one device for assembling the two assemblies, the clutch mechanism including at least one device for adjusting an axial distance between the two clutches.

Abstract: Clutch mechanism (10) configured to be driven in rotation about an axis (O) and comprising two assemblies (1, 2), each assembly (1, 2) comprising at least: an outer disk carrier (106, 206) externally delimiting a cavity (C1, C2), a clutch (100, 200) comprising a stack of coupling disks (101, 201) and friction disks (102, 202), the stack being housed in the cavity (C1, C2) and configured to be driven in rotation about the axis (O), a reaction member (103, 203) of the outer disk carrier (106, 206) configured to enable compression of the coupling disks (101, 201) against the friction disks (102, 202) in a clutch engaged position of the corresponding clutch (100, 200), the clutch mechanism (10) comprising at least one device (3) for assembling the two assemblies (1, 2) to one another.

Abstract: The invention concerns a hydraulic pump (6, 7) for a clutch mechanism (1) of a vehicle transmission, the hydraulic pump (6, 7) comprising a body (60, 70) in which there are formed a chamber (61, 71), an inlet opening (62, 72) through which a hydraulic fluid can enter the chamber (61, 71), and an outlet opening (63, 73) through which the hydraulic fluid can leave the chamber (61, 71), the chamber (61, 71) receiving at least one hydraulic wheel of the hydraulic pump (6, 7), the inlet opening (62, 72) and the outlet opening (63, 73) each opening into the chamber (61, 71) of the body (60, 70), the body (60, 70) of the hydraulic pump (6, 7) being delimited by an outer edge (80) on which at least one peripheral groove (81, 82) is formed, configured to receive a gasket (83, 84), the gasket (83, 84) being intended to provide contact sealing between the body (60, 70) of the hydraulic pump (6, 7) and a hydraulic connection interface (4) of the clutch mechanism (1).

Abstract: A clutch mechanism that is configured to be driven in rotation about an axis and includes two assemblies, each assembly including at least an outer disc carrier externally delimiting a cavity, a clutch comprising a stack of coupling discs, and friction discs, the stack being housed in the cavity and configured to be driven in rotation about the axis, a reaction member configured to allow compression of the coupling discs against the friction discs in an engaged position of the clutch, the clutch mechanism comprising at least one device for assembling the two assemblies, the clutch mechanism including at least one device for adjusting an axial distance between the two clutches.

Abstract: The invention concerns a hydraulic pump (6, 7) for a clutch mechanism (1) of a vehicle transmission, the hydraulic pump (6, 7) comprising a body (60, 70) in which there are formed a chamber (61, 71), an inlet opening (62, 72) through which a hydraulic fluid can enter the chamber (61, 71), and an outlet opening (63, 73) through which the hydraulic fluid can leave the chamber (61, 71), the chamber (61, 71) receiving at least one hydraulic wheel of the hydraulic pump (6, 7), the inlet opening (62, 72) and the outlet opening (63, 73) each opening into the chamber (61, 71) of the body (60, 70), the body (60, 70) of the hydraulic pump (6, 7) being delimited by an outer edge (80) on which at least one peripheral groove (81, 82) is formed, configured to receive a gasket (83, 84), the gasket (83, 84) being intended to provide contact sealing between the body (60, 70) of the hydraulic pump (6, 7) and a hydraulic connection interface (4) of the clutch mechanism (1).

Abstract: The method according to the invention involves a hot-forging step and a cold-forging step that occurs after the hot-forging step. A polar wheel (10, 11) incorporating a plurality of finite chamfers (102) formed on exterior parts of the polar teeth (10g, 11g) is produced during the hot-forging step. According to the invention, the cold-forging step involves substeps of placing the polar wheel in a die, cold die-stamping the polar wheel with a first and a second blow in the axial direction of the polar wheel, upsetting material onto interior parts of the polar teeth (10g, 11g) so as to form magnet-housing grooves (100) and magnet lips (101).

Abstract: A claw pole rotor comprises a shaft, first and second polar wheels fastened to the shaft, a winding provided with a winding insulator and surrounded by the first and second polar wheels, a commutator provided with at least one commutator ring, a fan fastened to the first polar wheel and disposed between the winding and the at least one commutator ring, at least one end-of-winding wire being linked to one of the at least one commutator rings, passing through a radial cavity provided between the fan and the first polar wheel. The winding insulator comprises a clip retaining the one end-of-winding wire. The retaining clip is fastened to the winding insulator and comprising crimping means intended to be disposed in the radial cavity to crimp the part of the end-of-winding wire extending into the radial cavity.

Abstract: The pole wheel according to the invention is intended for the rotor of a Lundell rotating electric machine. The pole wheel is obtained entirely by forging and comprises a central core provided with a central bore in a central axis of the pole wheel intended to receive a shaft of the rotor, a plurality of pole teeth (10g, 11g) distributed in a regular manner at the circumference of the pole wheel and extending substantially parallel to the central axis of the pole wheel, and an annular part forming a plate and extending between the central core and parts forming bases of the pole teeth. According to the invention, the pole wheel comprises a plurality of reservoirs (105) provided in the parts forming bases of the pole teeth.

Abstract: A torque transmission module (M) intended to be part of a motor vehicle transmission (1), comprising: a cover (10), a double wet clutch mechanism (11) movable rotationally around an axis (X), and a clutch cover (12) having an oil distribution device intended to supply oil to the double wet clutch, the cover (10) and the clutch cover (12) being assembled so as to form a casing defining a receptacle in which the double wet clutch mechanism is partly received, the casing being able to be received entirely or in part in a clutch housing (5) of the transmission.

Abstract: A torque transmission assembly provided in a motor vehicle transmission. The torque transmission assembly comprises at least a clutch housing and a torque transmission module including: a cover, a wet dual-clutch mechanism rotatable about an axis, and a clutch casing comprising, in whole or in part, an oil dispensing device for supplying oil to the wet dual clutch. The cover and the clutch casing are assembled so as to form a housing defining a cavity in which the wet dual-clutch mechanism is received at least in part, and wherein the clutch casing is received, in whole or in part, in the clutch housing, and the cover comprises a first bearing surface capable of resting on an internal combustion engine.

Abstract: An elastic return device including a gasket and a clutch mechanism whose actuating system includes a control chamber designed to receive a pressurized fluid, a piston which is axially movable in the control chamber so as to engage or disengage the corresponding clutch, a balancing chamber situated opposite the control chamber in relation to the piston, and an elastic return device housed in the balancing chamber and designed to exert an axial force against the piston. According to the invention, the elastic return device includes, on one of its faces bearing against the piston, an internal peripheral end which extends radially beneath the piston and which carries a gasket in order to seal off the balancing chamber from the control chamber. The invention likewise relates to a transmission system including such a dual clutch mechanism.

Abstract: A transmission system (10), especially for a motor vehicle, having around an axis (O) at least an input shell (12) that is rotationally connected to a driving shaft and to a drive web (18) in order to rotationally connect said input shell (12) to a double wet clutch mechanism (20) that, having at least a first clutch (E1) and a second clutch (E2) respectively of the multiple-disc type, is controlled to selectively couple said driving shaft to a first driven shaft (A1) and to a second driven shaft (A2), wherein the input shell (12) and the drive web (18) are rotationally connected by connecting means (24), which are constituted in particular by rivets (25), with zero angular clearance.

Abstract: The pole wheel according to the invention is intended for the rotor of a Lundell rotating electric machine. The pole wheel is obtained entirely by forging and comprises a central core provided with a central bore in a central axis of the pole wheel intended to receive a shaft of the rotor, a plurality of pole teeth (10g, 11g) distributed in a regular manner at the circumference of the pole wheel and extending substantially parallel to the central axis of the pole wheel, and an annular part forming a plate and extending between the central core and parts forming bases of the pole teeth. According to the invention, the pole wheel comprises a plurality of reservoirs (105) provided in the parts forming bases of the pole teeth.

Abstract: The method according to the invention involves a hot-forging step and a cold-forging step that occurs after the hot-forging step. A polar wheel (10, 11) incorporating a plurality of finite chamfers (102) formed on exterior parts of the polar teeth (10g, 11g) is produced during the hot-forging step. According to the invention, the cold-forging step involves substeps of placing the polar wheel in a die, cold die-stamping the polar wheel with a first and a second blow in the axial direction of the polar wheel, upsetting material onto interior parts of the polar teeth (10g, 11g) so as to form magnet-housing grooves (100) and magnet lips (101).

Abstract: A claw pole rotor comprises a shaft, first and second polar wheels fastened to the shaft, a winding provided with a winding insulator and surrounded by the first and second polar wheels, a commutator provided with at least one commutator ring, a fan fastened to the first polar wheel and disposed between the winding and the at least one commutator ring, at least one end-of-winding wire being linked to one of the at least one commutator rings, passing through a radial cavity provided between the fan and the first polar wheel. The winding insulator comprises a clip retaining the one end-of-winding wire. The retaining clip is fastened to the winding insulator and comprising crimping means intended to be disposed in the radial cavity to crimp the part of the end-of-winding wire extending into the radial cavity.

Abstract: A transmission system (10), especially for a motor vehicle, having around an axis (O) at least an input shell (12) that is rotationally connected to a driving shaft and to a drive web (18) in order to rotationally connect said input shell (12) to a double wet clutch mechanism (20) that, having at least a first clutch (E1) and a second clutch (E2) respectively of the multiple-disc type, is controlled to selectively couple said driving shaft to a first driven shaft (A1) and to a second driven shaft (A2), wherein the input shell (12) and the drive web (18) are rotationally connected by connecting means (24), which are constituted in particular by rivets (25), with zero angular clearance.

Abstract: A double wet clutch mechanism for a transmission system, at least a first clutch and a second clutch respectively of the multiple-disc type, the first clutch having a first piston and the second clutch having a second piston, the first and second pistons being displaced in order to cause, in an engaged position, clamping of a multiple-disc assemblage against reaction means that are interposed axially between the multiple-disc assemblage of each of the first and second clutches, the assemblage respectively having friction discs that are rotationally connected respectively to the first driven shaft and to the second driven shaft respectively by an external disc carrier, each of the external disc carriers having a radial extension and an axial extension, the axial extension of one of the external disc carriers exhibiting a radial offset.