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Torus shapes for torque converters

US7621122B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG · DE

Inventors

Bhaskar Marathe · Clinton Township, US
Joachim Hoffmann · Esslingen am Neckar, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 12, 2007
Grant date	Nov 24, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 15, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16H41/26
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A torque converter with torus shape that is sheared such that imagined axial sections through the torus shape, starting from the inner stator passage diameter, are shifted increasingly axially in one direction as the effective radius increases.

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