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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rudiger Hinkel, Heidenfeld, DE;
Assignee:
Mannesmann Sachs AG, Schweinfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192-328 ; 192-329 ; 192-33 ;
Abstract
A hydrodynamic torque converter with a lockup clutch in which links are provided at turbine blades for engagement of a driver provided at a piston. The transmission of torque from the converter housing via the piston is conducted via the driver to the link of the turbine blade and in turn to the outer torus of the turbine blade and via a turbine hub, to a driven shaft. A torsional vibration damper is arrangeable between the piston and the link of the turbine blade.