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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:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Clemens Halene, Wooster, OH (US);
Allan Biber, Canton, OH (US);
Volker Middelmann, Gevelsberg, DE;
Ravishankar Gundlapalli, Copley, OH (US);
Assignee:
Luk Getriebe-Systeme GmbH, Buhl/Baden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/300 ;
Abstract
A hydrokinetic torque converter, which exhibits important advantages regarding the consumption of fuel and the operation at low RPM in the power train of a motor vehicle, has a stator, a pump and a turbine which jointly form a toroidal structure having a meridian cross-sectional outline which is asymmetrical with reference to at least one axis other than the rotational axis of the housing of the torque converter.