Process for forming a casing cover having an annular recess for a torque converter

US5950483A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Fichtel & Sachs · DE

Inventors

• Ruthard Schneider · Eisenberg, DE
• Herbert Schmid · Gmunden, AT
• Wolfgang Hauck · Gochsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 1996
• Grant date: Sep 14, 1999
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/4933
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A hydrokinetic torque converter includes an impeller driven by an internal combustion engine, a turbine coupled to an output shaft, and a stator that can be blocked in one rotational direction, which together form a converter circuit filled with converter fluid, which is supplied from a supply container by a hydraulic supply system through supply lines and return lines, at least one of which is in flow connection with at least one opening, which is provided on a separating wall located between the turbine hub and the associated casing cover of the converter housing and connects that line to a chamber defined by the casing cover and an adjacent converter element. The separating wall is integrally constructed with the casing cover and preferably acts in the radial extension area of the turbine hub as an axial support for supporting the turbine hub against axial movements.