Hydrodynamic clutch device

US6837348B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZF Sachs AG · DE

Inventors

• Horst Breier · Dittelbrunn, DE
• Georg Mencher · Grafenrheinfeld, DE
• Thomas Bauer · Deizisau, DE
• Ralf Ronnebeck · Schonungen, DE
• Jürgen Dacho · Bad Kissingen, DE
• Peter Frey · Hofheim, DE
• Bernd Schoder · Münnerstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 5, 2003
• Grant date: Jan 4, 2005
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2023

Classification

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

Abstract

A hydrodynamic clutch device for a hydrodynamic torque converter includes a turbine wheel for rotation about an axis of rotation. The turbine wheel is connected by a lockup clutch arrangement for transmitting torque to a housing arrangement. The turbine wheel includes a turbine wheel shell for housing turbine wheel blades. The turbine wheel shell is operably connected by a torsional vibration damper arrangement for transmitting torque. The torsional vibration damper arrangement includes a first transmission element coupled with the lockup clutch arrangement and the turbine wheel shell and includes a second transmission element coupled with the first transmission element for transmitting torque by means of a damper element arrangement; and wherein the first transmission element is supported at the housing arrangement in a first direction by a bearing arrangement.