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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
May. 25, 2016
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Stephan Maienschein, Baden-Baden, DE;
SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A device for transmitting torque comprising a pump wheel and a turbine wheel arranged axially offset from each other on a rotation axis is disclosed. The pump wheel and the turbine wheel can be hydrodynamically coupled to each other by a fluid. The device may also include a first friction element attached to the pump wheel and configured to transmit torque and a second friction element attached to the turbine wheel and configured to transmit torque. The friction elements are configured to be pressed against each other axially to produce a frictional engagement. The first friction element or the second friction element may be attached to the pump wheel or the turbine wheel, respectively, in an axially movable manner.