Coil spring tilger damper fixed to turbine
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
InventorCraig Kneidel
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Abstract
A torque converter, including: a turbine with a turbine shell; and a damper assembly including: an output flange; a first cover plate; a first drive plate fixedly secured to the turbine shell; a first plurality of springs engaged with the first cover plate; a second plurality of springs engaged with the first cover plate and the output flange; a third plurality of springs engaged with the first cover plate and the first drive plate; and a single torque path from the turbine shell to the damper assembly, the single torque path formed by the first drive plate.
Claims14
A torque converter, comprising:
- a turbine with a turbine shell;
- and,
- a damper assembly including:
- an output flange;
- a first cover plate;
- a first drive plate fixedly secured to the turbine shell;
- a first plurality of springs engaged with the first cover plate;
- a second plurality of springs engaged with the first cover plate and the output flange;
- a third plurality of springs engaged with the first cover plate and the first drive plate;
- and,
- a single torque path from the turbine shell to the damper assembly, the single torque path formed by the first drive plate.
A torque converter, comprising:
- a cover;
- a turbine with a turbine shell;
- a lock up clutch including a piston plate, friction material, and a first drive plate;
- and,
- a damper assembly including:
- an output flange;
- a cover plate;
- a second drive plate fixedly secured to the turbine shell;
- a first plurality of springs engaged with the cover plate and the second drive plate;
- a second plurality of springs engaged with the cover plate and the output flange and circumferentially aligned with the first plurality of springs;
- and,
- a third plurality of springs engaged with the cover plate and the first drive plate.
A torque converter, comprising:
- a turbine with a turbine shell;
- and,
- a damper assembly including:
- an output flange;
- a cover plate;
- a first plurality of springs engaged the cover plate;
- a second plurality of springs engaged with the cover plate and the output flange;
- a third plurality of springs, separate from the first and second pluralities of springs;
- a single torque path from the turbine shell to the damper assembly;
- a first torque path from the first plurality of springs to the output flange via the cover plate;
- a second torque path from the third plurality of springs to the cover plate;
- and,
- a solid torque path, including the single torque path, from the turbine shell to the third plurality of springs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.