Hydraulic torque converter with a lock-up clutch
US4044556A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 5, 1976 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 5, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16H45/02
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A hydraulic torque converter with a lock-up clutch wherein the cross section of a torus formed by an impeller, turbine and a stator is determined to satisfy that the ratio of its axial length L to its radial height H (L/H) is 0.64-0.80, the ratio of its inner diameter D.sub.i to its outer diameter D.sub.o (D.sub.i /D.sub.o) is 0.40-0.33 and the ratio of an annular flow passage area a at the exit of the impeller to a circular area A defined by the torus outer diameter (a/A) is 0.18-0.23.
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