Freewheel arrangement, in particular for a guide wheel of a hydrodynamic torque converter

US6527094B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Mannesmann Sachs AG · DE

Inventors

• Edgar Reinhart · Hofheim, DE
• Dietrich Bechmann · Schweinfurt, DE
• Andre Meyer · Bohmte, DE
• Friedrich Schramm · Schweinfurt, DE
• Christoph Sasse · Schweinfurt, DE
• Erwin Wack · Niederwerrn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 5, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 4, 2003
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/2137
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A freewheel arrangement, in particular for a guide wheel of a hydrodynamic torque converter, permits a relative rotation between two elements in essentially only one relative rotational direction with respect to one another about an axis of rotation. At least one pawl is pivotably supported on a first of the two elements and has a pawl section which can come into contact with a blocking surface of the second of the two elements. At least one pawl is formed by a plurality of pawl plate elements which can be stamped from sheet metal.