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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
May. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wolfgang Reik, Bühl, DE;
Edmund Maucher, Wooster, OH (US);
Shailesh Kozarekar, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
William Brees, Wooster, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 4/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 4/502 ;
Abstract
A torque transmitting system including a torque converter or a fluid coupling. The system includes a torsional-vibration damper that is positioned within the housing of the fluid coupling and that serves to damp torsional vibrations. Several locations at which the torsional-vibration damper can be positioned are disclosed.