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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2015
Valeo Embrayages, Amiens, FR;
Alexandre Depraete, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Xuexian Yin, Troy, MI (US);
Valeo Embrayages, Amiens, FR;
Abstract
A torque converter comprising a torque input element (), an impeller wheel () rotationally coupled to the torque input element () and able to hydrokinetically drive a turbine wheel (), a torque output element (), clutch means () movable between an engaged position in which the torque input element () and the torque output element () are rotationally coupled through damping means (), and a disengaged position in which the torque input element () and the torque output element () are rotationally coupled through the impeller wheel () and the turbine wheel (), with a first bearing () being axially mounted between the impeller wheel () and the reactor (), with a second bearing (') being axially mounted between the reactor () and the turbine wheel ().