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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1996
Hans-Peter Wirtz, Cologne, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
In a torque converter with a cone-type lock-up clutch having a clutch disc (14) with a conical friction disc area (24) cooperating directly with the conical inner wall of the torque converter housing (1), the inner wall of the torque converter housing (1) has in its jacket part (2) at least two conical areas (K1 and K2) disposed concentrically of one another, the radially inner conical area (K1) having a relatively small angle and the radially outer conical area (K2) having a relatively large angle, and cooperates, with clutch discs (14 and 14') having different radial extents and having friction disc areas (23 and 23') with different cone angles.
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