Patent ID: 7445099

Claim:
A torque transmission device for a motor vehicle, the torque transmission device being a fluid coupling device being one of a Föttinger device and a torque converter, comprising: an impeller connectable in a torsionally fixed manner to a drive shaft; a turbine connectable in a torsionally fixed manner to an input shaft; a housing accommodating the impeller and the turbine; a converter lockup clutch configured to lock together the impeller and the turbine in a torsionally fixed manner; a flange disposed axially between the impeller and the turbine and connected in a force-locking manner to at least one of the housing and the impeller, the flange also being radially disposed outside of a radially outer end of the impeller and the turbine; and a first coupling configured to connect the flange in a frictionally engaged manner to the turbine.