Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for drawing wire (5), comprising a plurality of cone pairs (2, 3, 4) arranged in a row and drawing dies (23, 33, 43) arranged between cones (21, 22, 31, 32, 41, 42) of a cone pair (2, 3, 4), wherein wire (5) being drawn extends from one cone pair (2, 3, 4) to the next cone pair (2, 3, 4). According to the invention, a motor (6, 7, 8) is provided for each cone pair (2, 3, 4) in order to drive said cone pair (2, 3, 4).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a limited-slip driveline apparatus including a first driveline component that is rotatable relative to a second driveline component. The driveline apparatus also includes a clutch configured to resist relative rotation between the first driveline component and the second driveline component at least when the clutch is actuated. The driveline apparatus further includes an actuation arrangement for actuating the clutch. The actuation arrangement includes a hydraulic pump that pumps hydraulic fluid through a hydraulic circuit when relative rotation exists between the first and second driveline components. The hydraulic pressure generated by the hydraulic pump within the hydraulic circuit is used to actuate the clutch. The actuation arrangement also includes a flow regulating valve for regulating a hydraulic fluid flow rate through the hydraulic circuit.

Abstract: A brake assembly includes a mounting flange having a central opening to receive a shaft, a rotor disc mounted on the shaft and rotatable with the shaft, a float plate having a first friction surface engageable with one face of the rotor disc, and a pressure plate having a second friction surface engageable with another face of the rotor disc. The brake assembly also includes a spring housing, which operates as a piston, and a cylinder coupled to the spring housing to form a fluid pressure chamber. The spring housing moves in a first direction when pressurized fluid enters the fluid pressure chamber and in a second direction when pressurized fluid exits the fluid pressure chamber. The assembly further includes at least one sliding stud to allow axial movement of at least one of the float plate, the pressure plate, and the spring housing to allow axial movement.

Abstract: Leakage oil from a hydraulic actuator operating a dry clutch is prevented from leaking into a dry space where the dry clutch is placed. A space formed by the back surface of a piston of a hydraulic actuator, a coupling plate, and a cylinder portion is sealed by a first seal portion and a second seal portion. Oil leaked from a hydraulic oil chamber through the piston is stored in the space, and is returned to a wet space in a case through an oil passage.

Abstract: A hydraulic clutch assembly includes a plurality of frictional clutch discs moveable between an engaged condition and a disengaged condition, wherein the engaged condition provides a transfer of rotational energy. Also included is a first toroidal hydraulic chamber configured to depress the plurality of frictional clutch discs into the engaged condition. Further included is a second toroidal hydraulic chamber opposing the first toroidal hydraulic chamber, wherein the second toroidal hydraulic chamber is configured to balance centrifugal expansion forces of the first toroidal hydraulic chamber. Yet further included is a lubrication circuit for supplying a hydraulic fluid from a fluid reservoir to the second toroidal hydraulic chamber and the plurality of frictional clutch discs, wherein the second toroidal hydraulic chamber is substantially filled prior to delivery of the hydraulic fluid to the plurality of frictional clutch discs.

Abstract: A magnet holder assembly for a clutch includes a magnet holder and first and second permanent magnets. The magnet holder includes a body portion, a first groove defined in the body portion, a second groove defined in the body portion adjacent to the first groove, and a flange extending from the body portion opposite the first groove and extending in a different direction than the first groove. The flange has a connection feature for securing the magnet holder to a rotatable component of the clutch. The first permanent magnet is radially retained by the first groove in the body portion, and the first permanent magnet has a beveled edge configured to mate with the first groove. The second permanent magnet is radially retained by the second groove, and the first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet have magnetic orientations arranged substantially opposite one another.

Abstract: A torque converter including a cover and a bridging clutch for selective connection to the cover, the bridging clutch including a clutch plate fixed to the cover and having an inner radial surface and having a piston having an outer radial surface opposite the inner radial surface. A method for assembling a torque converter is also provided.

Abstract: A device for controlling a rotating shifting element of an automatic transmission for a start/stop operation. The shifting element is actuated by an axially moving piston which is biased, in a disengaging direction, by a spring and biased, in an engaging direction, by hydraulic pressure supplied to a pressure space. At least one spring-loaded latch, which able to move in the radial direction, is arranged in the pressure space. The spring-loaded latch, when the combustion engine is running, rotates with the piston and acts upon the piston such that if the engine stops, the previously engaged shifting element is locked by spring force and, as the pressure decreases, the shifting element disengages slightly, at most only slightly, and when the engine is re-started, the locking action is again released by centrifugal force, in opposition to the spring force, so that the piston remains engaged by the hydraulic pressure build-up in the pressure chamber.

Abstract: A subassembly for a transmission including a seal having a protrusion, a piston including a tab, and a lip about said piston, wherein an axial gap is formed between said tab and said lip, said piston also including a hole corresponding to said protrusion and operatively arranged to receive said protrusion for securing seal to said piston, a spring element disposed in said axial gap between said tab and said lip, wherein said spring element includes a finger corresponding to said tab, wherein said finger is aligned with said tab for axially locking said spring element between said tab and said lip, and wherein said tab includes a recess operatively arranged for receiving said finger for rotationally locking said spring element to said piston.

Abstract: A clutch arrangement includes a housing filled with fluid, a first friction surface formation rotatable with the housing around an axis of rotation, a second friction surface formation rotatable with a driven element around the axis of rotation, a pressing element rotatable with the housing around the axis of rotation and which divides an interior space of the housing into a first spatial area and a second spatial area. Depending on fluid pressure in the first and fluid pressure in the second spatial areas, the pressing element is movable with respect to the housing for producing and canceling a frictional engagement between the and the second friction surface formations. A fluid supply system for the first spatial area and/or the second spatial area includes at least a first fluid flow path. The fluid can be supplied to the associated spatial area via at least one fluid flow path and fluid can be removed from the associated spatial area via at least one fluid flow path.