Hydraulic clutch with a turbine torsional vibration damper

US6758315B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZF Sachs AG · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Bauer · Deizisau, DE
• Peter Frey · Hofheim, DE
• Ralf Ronnebeck · Schonungen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 15, 2002
• Grant date: Jul 6, 2004
• Expiry date: Oct 15, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16H2045/0284
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A hydraulic clutch has an impeller wheel, a turbine wheel with a turbine wheel shell, and a torsional vibration damper. The turbine wheel is drivable by the impeller wheel. The turbine wheel shell is mounted in an axial and radial sliding bearing so as to be rotatable with respect to a turbine wheel hub. The torsional vibration damper is arranged on the turbine wheel hub so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative to it. The turbine wheel hub is drivable by the turbine wheel via the turbine wheel shell and the torsional vibration damper. The turbine wheel shell acts on the torsional vibration damper via a connection element. The axial sliding bearing is spatially offset with respect to the radial sliding bearing.