Torque converter with a thin torus turbine
US7082755B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 26, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 4, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16H41/26
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A torque converter includes an impeller and a turbine. The impeller has a substantially constant flow area from a radially inward inlet to a radially outward outlet through a toroidal path. The torque converter turbine has an inlet flow area substantially equal to the impeller outlet flow area and an outlet flow area substantially equal to the impeller inlet flow area. The flow area of the turbine along a toroidal path decreases in size from the turbine inlet to a point substantially midway through the flow path from which point the flow area increases so that the outlet flow area is substantially equal to the inlet flow area.
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