Pump impeller for a torque converter

US5988981A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mannesmann Sachs AG · DE

Inventors

• Uwe Dehrmann · Würzburg, DE
• Wilfried Glock
• Rudiger Hinkel · Schweinfurt, DE
• Rothard Schneider · Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld, DE
• Peter Volland · Rannungen, DE
• Reinhold Weckesser · Schweinfurt, DE
• Hans-Wilhelm Wienholt · Schweinfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 18, 1998
• Grant date: Nov 23, 1999
• Expiry date: Feb 18, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16H41/24
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A pump impeller for a hydrodynamic torque converter with a flange and a hub located radially inside and extending in the axial direction. The hub has a seat for a bearing and a sleeve is connected by a pressure fit to the pump impeller. The sleeve extends in the direction of the hub and forms the seat of the bearing.