Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co .kg

Eugen Kombowski

Stephan Maienschein

Thorsten Krause

Christian Huegel

Dominique Engelmann

David Schnaedelbach

Stefan Jung

Matthias Ehrlich

Christian Dinger

Bruno Mueller

Markus Werner

Volker Kretz-Busch

Ralf Stopp

Peter Droll

Jerome Malitourne

Darius Wysgol

A cam mechanism for actuating a selector shaft, in particular for a single-motor gearshift actuation device, in particular to carry out a selecting movement of the selector shaft, comprising a cylindrical outer body having an inner circumferential surface and a cam track disposed on the inner circumferential surface and having an endless periodicity in a circumferential direction with at least one highest point and at least one lowest point, an inner body having at least one sliding guide extending in a direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction, at least one guide element disposed in the cam track and in the sliding and suitable for transmitting a movement of the guide element in a direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction to a selector shaft.

Cam mechanism for actuating a selector shaft

A torque transmission device comprising a torque converter disposed in a drive train of a motor vehicle, in particular a hydrodynamic torque converter or a fluid clutch, wherein the converter or the fluid clutch comprises a turbine shell and a pump shell which can be coupled through a pump clutch and at least one pump damper with a converter cover, and comprising at least one converter damper and at least one converter lock up clutch.

Torque transmission device

A force transfer device, comprising a hub, disposed in the drive train of a motor vehicle for torque transfer between a drive unit and a transmission, in particular a turbine shell hub of a turbine shell of a hydrodynamic machine, coupled to a damper hub with a vibration damper device connected in between. The vibration damping device is provided with a mechanical stop device, which becomes effective, as soon as a maximum design load of the vibration damping device is exceeded, and the mechanical stop device is disposed between the turbine shell hub and the damper hub.

Force transfer device

A torque transmission device, comprising a hydrodynamic component, a shiftable clutch device and a vibration damper. A turbine shell of the hydrodynamic component is connected with a damper input component of the vibration damper and/or with a turbine shell hub, which is at least indirectly supported in axial direction at a damper hub through a torque-proof connection. At least one axial support surface is provided at a face of a damper component, adjacent to the torque-proof connection in an axial direction, or of the damper hub. The face is oriented away in axial direction from the torque-proof connection. The invention is characterized in that a support element is arranged at the damper component or at the damper hub. The support element includes a support surface forming an axial protrusion, extending through adjacently arranged damper components or portions of a support.

A centrifugal pendulum mechanism that includes a pendulum flange and pendulum masses which are fastened on both sides of the pendulum flange by a spacing bolt accommodated in a curved cutout of the pendulum flange to form a pair of pendulum masses, where the pair of pendulum masses is guided relative to the pendulum flange by the at least two rollers and can be pivoted restrictively because of a stop, where the rollers are accommodated in curved guide tracks in the pendulum masses and in complementary curved guide tracks in the pendulum flange and can be rolled, and at least two pairs of pendulum masses are arranged so as to be circumferentially adjacent to each other.

Centrifugal pendulum mechanism

An end cap for an arc spring in a torsional vibration damper having a cylindrical section for engaging with the arc spring and a radial section at one end of the cylindrical section for engaging with an input or output side of the torsional vibration damper, the end cap being producible by shaping from a metal sheet. A torsional vibration damper for elastic transmission of torque between an input side and an output side including the described end cap for transmission of force between one of the sides and the arc spring.

Torsional vibration damper with arc spring and end cap

A force transmission flange, preferably an intermediate force transmission flange, for a torque transmission device or a damper device, in particular for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, wherein the force transmission flange has driver devices for mechanically coupling energy storage elements, and for at least two energy storage elements arranged offset axially and/or radially with respect to each other, the force transmission flange has at least two driver devices which are formed as one piece of the same material with the force transmission flange and are for coupling the energy storage elements. The invention relates to a device such as a torque converter, F&#xf6;ttinger coupling, damper, torsional vibration damper, turbine damper, pump damper, dual-mass converter or dual-mass flywheel or a combination thereof, optionally with a centrifugal pendulum-type absorber, wherein the device has a force transmission flange, especially an intermediate force transmission flange.

Force transmission flange for a torque transmission device or a damper device, and torque transmission device or damper device

A torque transfer device in the drive train of a motor vehicle for transferring torque between a drive unit and a shaft rotatable about a rotation axis, including: a hydrodynamic torque converter, which includes a converter cover, connectable to the drive unit, and which can be coupled through a pump shell to a turbine shell for torque transfer, which can be bridged by a torque converter lockup clutch for torque transfer, which comprises a piston, movable in an axial direction within a range towards the cover in order to clamp a friction liner support with at least one friction liner between the piston and the cover for torque transfer. A friction ring is disposed between the piston and the friction liner support, and the friction ring is movable in an axial direction within a range between the piston and the friction liner support and connected to the converter cover.

A torque transmission device (), comprising a pump shell (), a turbine shell () that is drivable by the pump shell, and a torsion vibration damper (). The torsion vibration damper includes a damper input component () and a damper output component (), wherein a vibration absorber () is configured on the damper output component.

A vibration damper comprising at least two damper assemblies connectable in series, coupled with one another through a floating intermediary flange, and torque transmission devices and/or damping coupling devices and rotation angle limiting devices between the floating intermediary flange and a damper component of one of the damper assemblies, wherein the damper component is disposed in a force flow in front and/or behind the floating intermediary flange.

Vibration damper

The invention relates to a hydrodynamic component, comprising at least two bladed shells forming a torus shaped operating cavity in combination, each comprising a blade array supported by a dish, wherein at least one of the bladed shells comprises no support of the blades through the dish in the radially inner end portion of the particular blades. The invention is characterized in that flow control means are provided in the radially inner end portion of the torus shaped operating cavity in the portion where the dish is missing. The invention furthermore relates to a force transmission device with a hydrodynamic component.

Hydrodynamic component and force transmission device with a hydrodynamic component

An intermediary flange for coupling spring units of damper assemblies connected in series, the intermediary flange comprising: radially extending bars with contact and support surfaces oriented in circumferential direction opposite to one another for supporting end portions of the spring units of the different damper assemblies. The bars are formed by particular bar elements which are aligned and fix in a circumferential direction with respect to their relative positions through attachment at annular disc shaped lateral components axially disposed on both sides.

Intermediary flange, combined intermediary flange unit and vibration damper

A drive train, including a hydrodynamic torque converter with a housing arranged to be rotationally driven by a drive unit for a motor vehicle and an output part. The drive train includes an input shaft for a transmission. The output part is non-rotatably connected to the input shaft. An internal circumference of the transmission input shaft is supported by the housing.

Drive train comprising a hydrodynamic torque converter, and hydrodynamic torque converter

A device for damping vibrations comprising at least two coaxially arranged damper parts rotatable relative to each other to a limited extent in the circumferential direction, coupled by torque transmitting means and damping coupling means, which exhibit at least one energy accumulator unit, and forming the impingement areas for the energy accumulator units. At least one damper part forms a guide channel for the energy accumulator units. The individual impingement area on the damper part forming the guide channel for the energy accumulator units is formed by a stop element, connected in a torsion proof manner at least indirectly to the damper part and forms the abutment faces in the guide channel in the circumferential direction. The abutment face is capable of supporting the energy accumulator unit on both sides of the impingement area on the energy accumulator unit and is a part of the other damper part.

Device for damping vibrations

A torque transmission device, in particular in the drive train of a motor vehicle, with a hydrodynamic torque converter (), including a converter cover (), which can be connected torque proof or is connected torque proof with a drive unit (). The converter cover can be coupled with a turbine shell () through a pump shell (), which can be bridged by a converter lockup clutch () that includes a piston () axially movable relative to the converter cover () within limits. The piston () is connected torque proof with a drive plate () in a first connection portion (). The drive plate is connected torque proof with the converter cover () in a second connection portion (), wherein an additional connection portion () is provided, in which the drive plate () is connected torque proof with the converter cover ().

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Buehl, Germany

Eugen Kombowski