Torque converter device, in particular for a drive train of a motor vehicle

US11035449B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Daimler AG · DE

Inventors

• Jan VELTHAUS · Stuttgart, DE
• Bernhard Ziegler · Rechberghausen, DE
• Tobias Schuster · Stuttgart, DE
• Lukas Rube · Plüderhausen, DE
• Kai Heukelbach · Köngen, DE
• Bernd Koppitz · Bad Sobernheim, DE
• Felix Zehren · Schallstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2017
• Grant date: Jun 15, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/62
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A torque converter device for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle includes a converter cover having a cover shell and a hub rigidly connected to the cover shell. The torque converter device also includes at least one multidisk clutch, which includes at least one inner disk-centering member. The hub integrally forms the inner disk-centering member of the multidisk clutch.