Torque-transmitting apparatus
AssigneeLuK Getriebe-Systeme GmbH
InventorsStephan Maienschein, Marc Meisner, Rudolf Hönemann
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Abstract
A torque-transmitting apparatus, particularly for motor vehicles, with a fluid coupling or a hydrodynamic torque converter and a damping system has an improved design providing the advantages of stress-free mounting of the damper, technical and cost improvements in the manufacture of the apparatus, modular assembly, capability to transmit large torque and attenuate rotational perturbations over a wide RPM range so as to minimize wear to prolong the useful life of the entire unit.
Claims46
Apparatus for transmitting torque, comprising a torque converter with at least one housing connectable to a driving shaft of a prime mover, the housing containing and imparting torque to at least one pump and also containing a turbine with a turbine hub and a turbine shell connected to the turbine hub, the tubine being connectable to and arranged to drive an input shaft of a power train, with further at least one damper arranged in a power flow path between the housing and a rotary output element of the apparatus, and with a lock-up clutch connectable to the housing, the damper having an input member and an output member, the input member being in form-locking engagement with the turbine shell and with the lock-up clutch, the input member and the output member being rotatable relative to each other against the opposition of a restoring force of energy-storing devices arranged between them, and the output member being connected to the rotary output element.
The apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the radially extending flange-like element forms part of the input member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.