Patent ID: 7083029

Claim:
Power transmitting apparatus comprising a fluid coupling including at least one housing having an axis of rotation and connectable with a rotary driving device, at least one impeller disposed in and driven by said at least one housing when said at least one housing is connected with and rotated by said driving device, and at least one runner disposed in said at least one housing and connectable with a rotary driven device; an output element; at least one torsionally elastic damper in a power train between said at least one housing and said output element, said at least one damper including at least one energy storing element acting in a circumferential direction of said at least one housing, said at least one energy storing element being disposed radially outwardly of said axis between said at least one runner and said output element; and means for stressing said at least one damper, said stressing means being connected with said runner for joint movement about and along said axis and said runner being movable relative to said output element in the direction of said axis.