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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
May. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventors:
Andrew Derhammer, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Jeremy Vanni, Wooster, OH (US);
Assignee:
SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2006.01); F16H 41/24 (2006.01); F01D 17/16 (2006.01); F16D 25/0635 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F16D 13/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2013.01); F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F01D 17/162 (2013.01); F16D 13/46 (2013.01); F16D 25/0635 (2013.01); F16H 41/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A torque converter includes a turbine disposed in a hydrodynamic chamber. A bypass clutch has an apply chamber fluidly isolated from the hydrodynamic chamber. A first hydraulic passage is in fluid communication with the apply chamber. A variable-pitch stator including blades controllable by an actuator that has a chamber in fluid communication with the first hydraulic passage.