Patent ID: 6439361
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
Apparatus for transmitting torque, comprising a torque converter with at least one housing connectable to a driving shaft of a prime mover, the housing containing and imparting torque to at least one pump and also containing a turbine with a turbine hub and a turbine shell connected to the turbine hub, the tubine being connectable to and arranged to drive an input shaft of a power train, with further at least one damper arranged in a power flow path between the housing and a rotary output element of the apparatus, and with a lock-up clutch connectable to the housing, the damper having an input member and an output member, the input member being in form-locking engagement with the turbine shell and with the lock-up clutch, the input member and the output member being rotatable relative to each other against the opposition of a restoring force of energy-storing devices arranged between them, and the output member being connected to the rotary output element.