MUMBAI, India, Sept. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411020490 A) filed by Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. Kg, Herzogenaurach, Germany, on March 19, 2024, for 'a clutch assembly with controlled load release.'

Inventor(s) include Ramakrishnan, Vishnuraman.

The application for the patent was published on Sept. 26, under issue no. 39/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A clutch assembly (100) for a vehicle is disclosed. The clutch assembly (100) includes a housing (102) comprising a at least one first cavity (206), a main pressure plate (104) comprising a at least one second cavity (208) disposed in the housing (102), the at least one second cavity (208) is aligned with the at least one first cavity (206) to at least one counterbore profile. Further, the clutch assembly (100) includes a main clutch plate (106) disposed between the main pressure plate (104) and the housing (102), the main clutch plate (106) is adapted to selectively engage the housing (102) upon sliding of the main pressure plate (104) upon the actuation. Further, at least one recoil member (108A, 108B) is disposed in the at least one counterbore profile and adapted to maintain a preset distance between the housing (102) and the main clutch plate (106) in a disengaged state."

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