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Hydrokinetic torque converter with asymmetrical toroidal chamber

US6289674A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 1999
Grant dateSep 18, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H2045/0284
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hydrokinetic torque converter, which exhibits important advantages regarding the consumption of fuel and the operation at low RPM in the power train of a motor vehicle, has a stator, a pump and a turbine which jointly form a toroidal structure having a meridian cross-sectional outline which is asymmetrical with reference to at least one axis other than the rotational axis of the housing of the torque converter.

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