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US 10,760,659 B2Granted
External cooling of a torque converter cover
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsEric Ubelhart, Peter Rentfrow
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Abstract
A transmission comprising a motor, a torque converter cover including an outside surface and an inside surface, a clutch configured to contact a portion of the inside surface of the torque converter cover, and a sprayer including a first end and a second end and configured to emit fluid on an outside surface of the torque converter is disclosed.
Claims20
A pump in a transmission of a vehicle, comprising:
- a top portion configured to mount onto a housing of the transmission;
- an outlet;
- an inlet in fluid communication with the outlet and a sump that includes a fluid;
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- a hose that includes a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is connected to the outlet and the second end includes a sprayer configured to emit the fluid onto a spray area of an outside surface of a cover of a torque converter, wherein the spray area is opposite a contact area of a clutch of the torque converter.
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An apparatus for a torque converter, comprising:
- a hose mounted on a housing of a transmission, wherein the hose includes a first end and a second end, wherein the second end includes a sprayer configured to spray fluid received from a supply in fluid communication with the first end of the hose, wherein the sprayer is further configured to spray onto an area of an outer surface of a cover of the torque converter.
A transmission module, comprising:
- a motor;
- a cover of a torque converter, wherein the cover includes an outside surface and an inside surface that includes a contact area of a torque converter clutch;
- the torque converter clutch configured to contact a portion of the inside surface of the cover;
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- a sprayer including a first end and a second end and configured to retrieve fluid via the first end and to emit fluid on the outside surface of the cover via the second end, wherein the sprayer is further configured to emit fluid onto the outside surface at an area opposite the contact area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.