Coupling for a hydrodynamic flow converter
US5385222A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 19, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 19, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16H2061/146
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A lock-up clutch for a flow converter having pump and turbine blades which are hydraulically coupled, in which a ring piston is located between the converter cover and the turbine blades. The ring-piston and converter cover have mating conically shaped friction surfaces, thereby leaving a wedge-shaped space between the converter cover the turbine blades and the friction surface of the ring piston. An annular damper unit located in the wedge-shaped space has a plurality of damper elements which are coupled to the turbine vanes by fingers extending from the turbine vanes.
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