Patent ID: 6561330
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A hydrokinetic torque converter comprising a housing rotatable about a predetermined axis and including a driving section; a rotary pump, a rotary turbine, and a stator disposed in said housing; an engageable and disengageable lockup clutch provided in said housing and spacedly surrounding said axis; a torque sensor disposed in said housing between said turbine and said driving section, as seen in the direction of said axis, and radially inwardly of said clutch; and means for centering said driving section of said housing on a rotary output element of a prime mover, including a substantially plate-like flexible torque transmitting member connectable with the output element of the prime mover, and an annular plate-like torque transmitting connector arranged to transmit torque between said flexible member and said driving section;wherein said connector has a centrally located centering section surrounding a cylindrical external surface of said rotary output element.