Richard L Reitz

US Patent:

46468897, Mar 3, 1987

Filed:

Sep 6, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/773169

Inventors:

Fred W. Hoffman - Brunswick OH
Richard J. Reitz - Amherst OH

Assignee:

Allied Corporation - Morristown NJ

International Classification:

F16D 1372

US Classification:

192 7012

Abstract:

A compressor drive controls the driving connection between a vehicle engine and an air compressor. The drive includes a clutch disc pack which is lubricated by lubricating fluid communicated through a passage on the spindle upon which the disc pack is mounted. A sleeve mounted in the passage provides a flow-restricting orifice which controls communication into an annular chamber defined between the sleeve and the passage. Axial-spaced apertures permit fluid communication from the annular chamber to each pair of plates in the disc pack.