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Torque converter device for a motor vehicle

US8991576B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Daimler AG · DE

Inventors

Stefan SPERRFECHTER · Donzdorf, DE
Tobias Haerter · Stuttgart, DE
Heinrich Straub · Stuttgart, DE
Bernhard Ziegler · Rechberghausen, DE
Tobias Schuster · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 6, 2014
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/62
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a torque converter device for a motor vehicle having a single-piece housing element which, for drivingly interconnecting a torque converter and an internal combustion engine, wherein the housing element forms a disk carrier accommodating at least one disk of a separating clutch which is provided for mechanically connecting and disconnecting the internal combustion engine to and from the torque converter device, the housing element is provided with at least one actuating piston receptacle forming a pressure chamber with an actuating piston disposed therein for actuating the separating clutch.

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