Patent ID: 8201674
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
1. A torque converter comprising: a cover housing connectable to a motor; a pump cover connected to the cover housing; a pump shell; a pump clutch arranged to connect the pump cover with the pump shell and to disconnect the pump cover from the pump shell; a turbine; a first stator; a first interlocking clutch; and, a second interlocking clutch, wherein in a first operating mode, to enable rotation of the turbine in a first direction, the pump clutch is for connecting the pump cover to the pump shell, the first clutch is for engaging with the turbine and is engageable with an input shaft of a transmission and the second clutch is for engaging with the first stator and is engageable with a fixed shaft of the transmission, wherein in a second operating mode, to enable rotation of the first stator in a second direction, opposite the first direction, the pump clutch is for connecting the pump cover to the pump shell, the first clutch is for engaging with the first stator and is engageable with the input shaft and the second clutch is for engaging with the turbine and is engageable with the fixed shaft, and wherein the pump clutch is for disconnecting the pump cover from the pump shell during a transition from the first operating mode to the second operating mode.