Patent · US Expired

Connection arrangement for a hydrodynamic torque converter

US6361240B1 · kind B1 · utility

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11References

8Claims

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Assignee

Mannesmann Sachs AG · DE

Inventors

Karel Kriz · Schweinfurt, DE
Wolfgang Gude · Niederwerrn, DE
Friedrich Schramm · Schweinfurt, DE
Werner Spohn · Schweinfurt, DE
Peter Frey · Hofheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 31, 2000
Grant date	Mar 26, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 31, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T403/51
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A connection arrangement for producing a rotational connection of a hydrodynamic torque converter with a rotating shaft includes at least one connection element arrangable at a housing of the torque converter and having a first connection area connectable to the housing and a second connection area connectable to the rotating shaft, wherein the first connection area has a limited circumferential extension with respect to the rotational axis (A) of the converter. The first connection area may be arranged at the housing via a riveting.

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