Torque transmission assembly for a motor vehicle
US10753445B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 10, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16H2045/0278
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A torque transmission assembly including a hydrodynamic torque convener able to be coupled to a crankshaft on the one hand, and able to be coupled to a gearbox input shaft on the other, the torque converter including a primary element and a secondary element which are rotationally mobile about an axis of rotation, and damping means including a transmission member and a bearing element, the transmission member including an elastic leaf rotating as one with the primary element or with the secondary element, and the bearing element being home by the secondary element or by the primary element respectively, the elastic leaf being capable of flexing and of transmitting a rotational torque between the primary element and the secondary clement, the flexing of the elastic leaf being accompanied by a relative rotation between the primary and secondary elements.
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