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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Herbert Schmid, Münnerstadt, DE;
Inventor:
Herbert Schmid, Münnerstadt, DE;
Assignee:
ZF Sachs AG, Schweinfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H045/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A torque converter comprises a pump rotor, a turbine rotor, and a stator. The turbine rotor is fixed to a gearbox input shaft. The gearbox input shaft forms an axial duct with an initial zone and an end zone for a hydraulic fluid. The gearbox input shaft further comprises a shaft core and a shaft sleeve, surrounding the shaft core, fixed against rotation to each other. The shaft core and shaft sleeve are matched to each other in such a manner that the shaft core runs radially in the shaft sleeve with no play and the shaft core and the shaft sleeve together form the axial duct.