Patent · US Expired

Torque converter with lockup clutch unit

US4382496A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 2, 1981
Grant dateMay 10, 1983
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Expiry dateJan 2, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H2045/0294
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A converter fluid supply passage is situated between a transmission input shaft and a pilot sleeve shaft and a converter fluid return passage is defined between the transmission input shaft and the stationary sleeve shaft extension so that the annular space between the pump drive shaft and the transmission input shaft may be used only as a lockup control passage.

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