Patents by Inventor Lutz Ische

Lutz Ische has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7481050
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrodynamic torque converter with a housing which comprises a wall which is on the driving side, where a connecting plate is fastened to the housing wall and comprises several mounting locations for connecting the hydrodynamic torque converter to a drive unit, the mounting locations being distributed over the circumference of the connecting plate and in the mounted state of the hydrodynamic torque converter being fastened at corresponding mounting locations of the drive unit. In order to provide a hydrodynamic torque converter which can be produced economically and has a long service lifetime, for each two mounting locations the connecting plate comprises, between them in the circumferential direction, a fastening area with which the connecting plate is fastened to the housing wall which is on the driving side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Stephan Maienschein, Lutz Ische
  • Publication number: 20070074942
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrodynamic torque converter with a housing which comprises a wall which is on the driving side, where a connecting plate is fastened to the housing wall and comprises several mounting locations for connecting the torque converter to a drive unit, the mounting locations being distributed over the circumference of the connecting plate and in the mounted state of the torque converter being fastened at corresponding mounting locations of the drive unit. In order to provide a hydrodynamic torque converter which can be produced economically and has a long service lifetime, for each two mounting locations the connecting plate comprises, between them in the circumferential direction, a fastening area with which the connecting plate is fastened to the housing wall which is on the driving side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Stephan Maienschein, Lutz Ische