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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2002
Philippe Jaunasse, Paris, FR;
Dype Plastique, Le Plessis-Trevise, FR;
Abstract
The reactor for a torque converter of the invention comprises a moulded body ( ) able to be mounted around a reactor shaft ( ) via freewheel ( ), being arranged coaxially between an impeller ( ) and a turbine ( ) along one and the same axis (X—X). The body ( ) of the reactor is moulded in thermoplastic and is overmoulded around an outer ring ( ) that the freewheel ( ) comprises. Advantageously, the body ( ) also comprises an axial thrust bearing ( ) on the same side as the impeller and an axial thrust bearing ( ) on the same side as the turbine, which thrust bearings are moulded with the body. The invention applies to torque converters intended for the automatic transmissions of motor vehicles.