Patent ID: 8141449
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A unit for transmitting torque from an internal combustion engine to a gearbox of a motor vehicle, wherein said engine includes a housing having a wall provided with a first opening though which an output shaft of said engine extends, and a second opening radially spaced from said first opening, and said gearbox includes a housing having at least one wall connectable to said engine housing wall, comprising: a first annular member having an inner annular portion connectable concentrically to said engine output shaft, and a radially spaced annular portion; a second annular member having an inner annular portion connectable concentrically to an input shaft of said gearbox, and a radially spaced annular portion; and means for connecting said radially spaced annular portion of said first annular member to said radially spaced annular portion of said second annular member, accessible through said second opening of said engine housing wall.