Patent ID: 8123011

Claim:
A hydrokinetic coupling device for a motor vehicle, the hydrokinetic coupling device comprising: an axis of rotation (B); a damper hub mounted to rotate around the axis of rotation (B); a torque converter comprising a turbine wheel mounted to rotate around the axis of rotation (B); a circumferential damper device comprising a damper plate with a radial flange co-axial with the axis (B) and non-rotatably fixed without any play to the turbine wheel by a connecting element on the one hand, and rotationally linked with the damper hub with circumferential play and damping on the other; a locking clutch comprising at least one annular, axially sliding friction disc rotatable together with the radial flange of the damper plate; the at least one friction disc non-rotatably coupled in an axially sliding manner directly to the connecting element directly linking the turbine wheel to the flange of the damper plate; the connecting element having a front end section non-rotatably fixed to the turbine wheel and a rear end section non-rotatably fixed to the radial flange so that the connecting element extending axially from the radial flange at one end thereof to the turbine wheel at another end thereof.