Torque converter with multi-plate clutch assembly
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsRaymundo Juan Lien Chang, Alfredo Perez Mitre Jimenez, Omar Yair Guerra
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Abstract
A torque converter includes a front cover arranged to receive a torque and an impeller having an impeller shell non-rotatably connected to the front cover. A turbine is fluidly coupled to the impeller and includes a turbine shell. A lock-up clutch is provided that includes a piston configured to axially displace to engage and disengage the lock-up clutch; a first clutch plate and a second clutch plate connected to each other, the first and second clutch plates being disposed between the piston and front cover; and a flexible clutch plate disposed axially between the first and the second clutch plates and connected to the piston.
Claims20
A torque converter comprising:
- a front cover configured to receive a torque;
- an impeller having an impeller shell non-rotatably connected to the front cover;
- a turbine fluidly coupled to the impeller and including a turbine shell;
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- a lock-up clutch including:
- a piston configured to axially displace to engage and disengage the lock-up clutch;
- a first clutch plate and a second clutch connected to each other, the first and second clutch plates each being disposed between the piston and front cover;
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- an intermediate clutch plate disposed between the first and the second clutch plates and connected to the piston.
A lock-up clutch for a torque converter, comprising:
- a piston configured to axially displace to engage and disengage the lock-up clutch;
- a first clutch plate and a second clutch connected to each other;
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- an intermediate clutch plate disposed between the first and the second clutch plates and connected to the piston.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.