Torque converter with turbine clutch including a separate piston
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorTimothy Hess
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Abstract
A torque converter, including: a cover arranged to receive torque; an impeller including an impeller shell non-rotatably connected to the cover and at least one impeller blade connected to the impeller shell; a turbine including a turbine shell and at least one turbine blade connected to the turbine shell; an output hub connected to the turbine shell and arranged to non-rotatably connect to an input shaft for a transmission; and a turbine clutch including a piston non-rotatably connected to the turbine shell, and for a lock-up mode, axially displaceable to non-rotatably connect the piston and the impeller shell.
Claims11
A torque converter, comprising:
- a cover arranged to receive torque;
- an impeller including:
- an impeller shell non-rotatably connected to the cover;
- and,
- at least one impeller blade connected to the impeller shell;
- a turbine including
- a turbine shell;
- and,
- at least one turbine blade connected to the turbine shell;
- an output hub connected to the turbine shell and arranged to non-rotatably connect to an input shaft for a transmission;
- a turbine clutch including a piston, the piston:
- separate from the turbine shell;
- non-rotatably connected to the turbine shell;
- and,
- displaceable, in a first axial direction and for a lock-up mode, to non-rotatably connect the piston and the impeller shell;
- a first chamber formed, at least in part, by the piston and the turbine shell;
- and,
- a leaf spring located in the first chamber and non-rotatably connected to the turbine shell and the piston.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.