Abstract: A drive strap utilized for a torque converter of an automotive vehicle accommodating minor misalignment but providing effective transmission of torque. The strap assembly includes thin, flexible straps and very stiff back-stops adjacent one end of each strap to provide a characteristic of increasing axial stiffness as strap deflection increases.

Abstract: A self-contained wet clutch assembly of the Belleville spring type having a two-piece cover mated to a clutch member and sealed together as a unit, with the sealed clutch assembly operatively connected to and driven through a drive plate on the engine crankshaft, thus eliminating the conventional flywheel for the clutch assembly. The clutch assembly includes turbulizer vanes in the wet clutch housing to increase oil splash and enhance the cooling effect of the oil and to retard the clutch member. Also, a radial-type driven member retarding brake is inserted into the bearing carrier for the clutch release bearing.

Abstract: A control valve for the liquid reservoir of a liquid cooled friction clutch wherein the liquid in the clutch is circulated by a pitot tube pump in the cover plate assembly through a cooler and then to a fluid reservoir where the valve controls flow therefrom directed to and across the friction facings of a driven member. The valve in the reservoir is pressure operated to control the outlet for and automatically upon stoppage of the pump dumps the overfill of the reservoir to the clutch to prime the clutch and initiate circulation of the fluid to the pump upon a subsequent start-up of the vehicle.