Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
060361000 | Having separate guide or reaction means in circuit including impeller and turbine | 8 |
20090000289 | Torque converter having weld free blades - A torque converter structure having a plurality of high efficiency secure weld free connections between blades and the shells of the pump and turbine that reduces flow between the blades and the shells. At least one blade within the torque converter is securely mechanically attached to the shell of the pump or turbine in the absence of welding by providing a tab on the blade that is bent on a portion that passes through a slit in the shell to secure the blade to the shell and by inserting a major part (greater than 50%) of a portion of an edge of the blade, that runs coextensively with a surface of the shell into a depression in that shell until the edge of the blade diverges from the shell. The invention also includes the unique blade and shell and a method for using them to make a torque converter of the invention. | 01-01-2009 |
20100242467 | SHIELDED STAMPED STATOR BLADE - A blade for a stator in a torque converter including: a first blade segment connected to first inner and outer circumferential sections; a second blade segment, separately formed from the first blade segment, connected to second inner and outer circumferential sections, and including first and second portions; and a channel disposed between the first and second blade segments. In a circumferential direction, the first and second portions are separated by the channel. | 09-30-2010 |
20120017579 | TORQUE CONVERTER - An improved torque converter impeller has a hemispherical wall with a plurality of vanes attached thereto. The improvement comprises a deflector adjacent the ends of the vanes to deflect fluid during rotation of the impeller such that the fluid is directed to the turbine vanes of the torque converter without overshooting the turbine. The deflector is preferably mounted to the inside surface of the impeller wall and extends 360°. | 01-26-2012 |
20130213027 | ONE-WAY BRAKE FOR A TORQUE CONVERTER STATOR - A stator assembly for a torque converter includes a member fixed against rotation and including engagement surfaces spaced mutually about an axis, a stator formed with pockets spaced about the axis, rockers, each rocker located in a pocket, able to pivot toward and away from engagement with the engagement surfaces, and springs, each spring urging a rocker toward engagement with the engagement surfaces. | 08-22-2013 |
20140123637 | TORQUE CONVERTER STATOR STRUCTURE - Among first and second stators of a torque converter supported on a fixed part by a one-way clutch corresponding to the stators, the number of second stator blades of the second stator on the downstream side in the direction of flow of oil is larger than the number of first blades of the first stator on the upstream side, and the maximum value t | 05-08-2014 |
060362000 | Rotatable guide or reaction means coaxial with the impeller | 3 |
20080229737 | Extruded stator blade, stator with extruded blade, and method of forming a stator assembly with extruded blades - The present invention broadly comprises a stator blade assembly for a torque converter stator including an inner ring having first openings; an outer ring having second openings; and extruded blades with first and second ends. The first end is disposed in a respective first opening and arranged to radially fix each blade with respect to the inner ring and the second end is disposed in a respective second opening and arranged to radially fix each blade with respect to the outer ring. In some aspects, the inner ring includes an inner circumferential surface and a portion of the first end extends radially inward past the inner surface and is in contact with the inner surface. In some aspects, the outer ring includes an outer circumferential surface and a portion of the second end extends radially outward past the outer surface and is in contact with the outer surface. | 09-25-2008 |
20110088381 | DRIVE TRAIN WITH A HYDRODYNAMIC MACHINE ARRANGED ON THE OUTPUT SIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION - The invention relates to a drivetrain, in particular a motor vehicle drivetrain, comprising: an engine; a gearbox comprising a main output and at least one auxiliary output; a hydrodynamic machine disposed at the auxiliary output on the gearbox output side; the hydrodynamic machine comprises a housing, stator vanes, and a rotor blade wheel; the rotor blade wheel can be driven by an input shaft; the input shaft is the output shaft of the auxiliary output or a shaft coaxially connected thereto. The drivetrain, in particular motor vehicle drivetrain, according to the invention is characterized by the following features: the housing of the hydrodynamic machine is designed in at least two parts, comprising a first housing part comprising the rotor blade wheel and the input shaft and mounted on the gearbox or integral to the same, a second housing part comprising the stator vanes and connection channels for feeding/discharging the working medium, wherein the second housing part is supported by the first housing part and is rotatably mounted on the first housing part or can be mounted on the first housing part at various rotated positions relative to the first housing part. | 04-21-2011 |
20160201782 | STATOR WHEEL OF TORQUE CONVERTER AND TORQUE CONVERTER | 07-14-2016 |