The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2013
Georg Mencher, Grafenrheinfeld, DE;
Peter Frey, Gerolzhofen, DE;
Jörg Sudau, Niederwerrn, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A starting element for transmitting torque from a drive-side rotational input () of the starting element to a driven hub () includes a hydrodynamic torque converter () which has a turbine coupled to the driven hub () so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative to it and which comprises a turbine shell () with turbine blades () arranged therein. A maximum extension of the turbine shell () opposite an axial direction () terminates at a first axial position (), and an impeller () located opposite the turbine in the axial direction (). A stator () is arranged between the turbine and the impeller () and is coupled via a stator flange () to a freewheel () adjoining the driven hub () in an axial direction (). A center of the freewheel () is located at a second axial position (). A difference between the first axial position () and the second axial position () is greater than a predetermined minimum value.