Patents by Inventor Robert Arthur Hoetger

Robert Arthur Hoetger 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).

  • Transmission and torque converter with lock-up clutch
    Patent number: 4033436
    Abstract: A power transmission unit for a motor vehicle comprising a driving member, a hydrokinetic torque converter having an impeller wheel, means drivingly connecting said driving member to said impeller wheel and input shaft, an output shaft, a planetary gear train drivingly connecting said input shaft to said output shaft, a guide wheel, a sleeve surrounding and drivingly connected to said input shaft, a one-way brake device located between said sleeve and said guide wheel, and lock-up clutch means adapted to positively connect the impeller wheel to the runner wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1977
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Arthur Hoetger, James Albert Hagaman, William Nortman