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Patent No.:

US 9702446 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2014
Applicant:

Schaeffler Technologies Gmbh & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;

Inventor:

Gregory Blough, Wooster, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2006.01); F16F 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2013.01); F16F 15/145 (2013.01); F16H 2045/021 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0215 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0226 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0231 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0263 (2013.01);
Abstract

A torque converter, including: a cover for receiving torque; a pump non-rotatably connected to the cover; a turbine including a turbine shell; a turbine clutch including a portion of the turbine shell; a first torsional vibration damper including a first input plate non-rotatably connected to the turbine shell, a cover plate, an output flange arranged to non-rotatably connect to an input shaft for a transmission, and a plurality of springs, each spring in the plurality of springs engaged with the first input plate, the cover plate, or the output flange; a second torsional vibration damper including a second input plate, an output plate arranged to non-rotatably connect to the input shaft, and a spring engaged with the second input plate and the output plate; and a lock-up clutch including an axially displaceable piston plate arranged to non-rotatably connect the cover and the second input plate.


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Blough, Gregory. (2017). Torque converter with parallel torsional vibration dampers (U.S. Patent No. 9702446). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9702446

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