Patent ID: 6266958
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: F16H,Y10S

Abstract:
A stator wheel for a hydrodynamic torque converter, comprising:a stator wheel hub arrangement rotatable about an axis of rotation;a plurality of stator wheel blades arranged successively in a circumferential direction on the stator wheel hub arrangement, each of said plural stator wheel blades having a radial outer area and a radial inner area;a first cover ring surrounding said stator wheel hub arrangement and connected to said plural stator wheel blades at a radial transition area between said radial outer area and said radial inner area;said radial outer area of said plural stator wheel blades comprising an outer flow-around profile and said radial inner area of said plural stator wheel blades comprising an inner flow-around profile that is different from said outer flow-around profile; anda second cover ring connected to said stator wheel blades at a radial outer end of said stator wheel blades.