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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2006
Applicants:
Stephan Maienschein, Baden-Baden, DE;
Marc Meisner, Buehl-Weitenung, DE;
Inventors:
Stephan Maienschein, Baden-Baden, DE;
Marc Meisner, Buehl-Weitenung, DE;
Assignee:
LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG, Buehl, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/00 (2006.01); F16D 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A torque transmission device having a torque converter which is accommodated in the drivetrain of a motor vehicle, for transmitting torque between a drive unit and a transmission, has a converter housing that is rotationally mounted about an axis of rotation and is nonrotatably connected to the drive unit. The torsionally fixed connection between the drive unit and the converter housing includes a tubular connecting element that is located coaxially to the axis of rotation of the converter housing.