Torque transmitter connection assembly with vibration damper and method of making same

US6041901A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Juergen Werner · Bruckmühl, DE
• Anton Stephan · Baldham, DE
• Rahim Pour · Garching bei München, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 16, 1998
• Grant date: Mar 28, 2000
• Expiry date: Oct 16, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/62
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A driving connection is provided for torque transmission in the drive train of a motor vehicle for releasable connection of a crankshaft with a coaxial hydrodynamic torque converter. A torsional vibration damper located outside the torque converter is interposed between the crankshaft and the torque converter. The connection between the torque converter and the torsional vibration damper is a shaft-hub connection provided with lengthwise teeth.