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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2003
Applicants:
Edmund Maucher, Wooster, OH (US);
William Brees, Norton, OH (US);
Inventors:
Edmund Maucher, Wooster, OH (US);
William Brees, Norton, OH (US);
Assignee:
Luk Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG, Buehl, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A torque transmission device includes a torque converter, a pump impeller, a turbine wheel and optionally a stator. The device also includes a converter bypass coupling having a flange which is connected to the housing or the pump impeller in a force-locking manner. The flange is arranged between the pump impeller and the turbine wheel and can be connected to the turbine wheel in a frictionally engaged manner by means of a first coupling.