Patent ID: 6988601
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
1. A torque converter comprising: a pump wheel; a turbine wheel comprising a turbine wheel shell and a turbine wheel base connected to said shell, said turbine wheel being supported axially and radially with respect to a turbine wheel hub by a first bearing; a stator provided between the pump wheel and the turbine wheel, said stator being mounted on a stator hub which is supported axially against said turbine wheel base by a second bearing located radially inside of the first bearing, said pump wheel, said turbine wheel, and said stator forming a hydrodynamic circuit, a primary damper element which is acted on by the turbine wheel by way of an intermediate element; and a secondary damper element which is fixed against rotation with respect to said turbine wheel hub and is connected to said primary damper element in a rotationally elastic manner by a set of springs.