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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Howard E Chana, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192-328 ; 192-329 ; 192 54 ;
Abstract
A torque converter and mechanically engaged slipping clutch wherein the impeller is driven by the input shell through a cam mechanism. The impeller has a clutch engaging mechanism which moves axially, due to the drive torque transmitted through the cam mechanism, to enforce slipping frictional engagement of the clutch disposed between the input shell and the turbine. The cam surfaces are designed such that the clutch cannot transmit all of the input torque since this would result in zero (0) torque transmission to the cam mechanism thereby releasing the clutch engagement force.