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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
May. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Josef Neuner, Raublind, DE;
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/300 ;
Abstract
An assembly including a driving connection for torque transmission in a drive train of an engine by means of a shaft-hub connection. The shaft-hub connection is provided with lengthwise teeth for releasable connection of a crankshaft with a coaxial hydrodynamic torque converter. The lengthwise teeth of the shaft-hub connection have tooth cross sections that increase or decrease in the lengthwise direction of the teeth.