Patent ID: 7654172
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: F16H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A torque transmission device comprising: a torque converter accommodated in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle for transmitting torque between a drive unit and a transmission, the torque converter having a converter housing rotationally mounted about an axis of rotation and nonrotatably connected to the drive unit via a torsionally fixed connection between the drive unit and the converter housing, the torsionally fixed connection including a tubular connecting element disposed coaxially to the axis of rotation of the converter housing, wherein the connecting element creates a recess radially outside of the connecting element in an axial direction between the drive unit and the converter housing, the spacing between the drive unit and the converter housing of the recess allowing a drive shaft to pass through the recess perpendicularly to the axis of rotation of the converter housing.