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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christoph Sasse, Schweinfurt, DE;
Uwe Dehrmann, Wurzburg, DE;
Assignee:
Mannesmann Sachs AG, Schweinfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1921135 ; 60345 ; 60339 ; 60362 ;
Abstract
A hydrodynamic torque converter with a converter circuit comprising an impeller, a turbine and a stator, wherein the stator is held by an axial bearing arrangement in the converter housing at a predetermined relative distance from the impeller and the turbine. The axial bearing arrangement has a grooved sliding bearing at each axial side of the stator. In at least one of the sliding bearings, the grooves are formed through only a part of the entire radial length of the sliding bearing.