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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2001
Rabah Arhab, Saint-Brice-Sous-Foret, FR;
Alexandre Depraete, Amiens, FR;
Daniel Satonnet, Amiens, FR;
Valeo, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A hydrokinetic appliance ( ), in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a housing ( ) provided with an annular axial wall ( ) and a front transverse wall ( ), wherein the housing ( ) is designed to be linked in rotation to an input shaft, which includes a turbine wheel ( ) housed inside the housing ( ) and integral with a hub ( ), capable of being coupled in rotation with an output shaft, and wherein a locking clutch comprises a rear piston ( ) axially mobile relative to the front transverse wall ( ) of the housing ( ). The rear piston ( ) is coupled in rotation to the annular axial wall ( ) of the housing ( ) by an axially resilient device ( ).