Alternatively Operative Drive And Clutch Patents (Class 192/3.32)
  • Patent number: 10352422
    Abstract: A rotor assembly includes a torque converter including a housing forming a hydraulic chamber, a rotor for an electric motor, a rotor carrier non-rotatably connected to the rotor that is fixed to the torque converter housing, a rotor carrier flange, a spring, and a snap ring. In some embodiments, the rotor carrier includes a groove and a castellated portion, the snap ring is disposed in the groove, and the spring clamps the rotor carrier flange between the snap ring and the castellated portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ayyalraju Satyaseelan, Matthew Payne, Markus Steinberger
  • Publication number: 20130192947
    Abstract: A powertrain module includes an input, a bulkhead supporting the input, a rotor support, a torque converter casing driveably connected to the rotor support, an electric machine including a stator supported on the bulkhead and a rotor connected to the rotor support, a clutch hub driveably connected to the input, and a clutch for alternately opening and closing a drive connection between the clutch hub and the rotor support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Steven A. Frait, Keith A. Devereaux
  • Publication number: 20040134735
    Abstract: The invention relates to a modular constructed multifunctional system. According to the invention, the modular constructed multifunctional system is endowed with the following characteristics: an input (E) and an output (A); a drive element (2) in the form of a hydrodynamic element (3), comprising a drive side (6) which can be coupled in a torsion-proof manner to the input, and a driven side (7) coupled to the output and at least one primary wheel and a secondary wheel (9); a switchable coupling (5) between the input and the output; a free wheel (F) arranged between the driven side of the drive element and the output; a brake device (13) for stationary support and braking of the secondary wheel on a housing (15); the switchable coupling is embodied in the form of a running friction coupling; a drive element, a braking element and a free wheel are incorporated into a modular unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Werner Klement, Klaus Vogelsang, Reinhard Kernchen, Karl-Heinz Diele, Martin Becke
  • Patent number: 6293379
    Abstract: A hydrokinetic torque converter for use with a transmission in the power train of a motor vehicle has a housing rotatable by the engine and containing a pump, a turbine and at least one stator as well as a rotary output device connected to the input shaft of the transmission. The pump is normally rotatable by the housing; the turbine is rotatable (a) by the fluid which is circulated by the pump or (b) by the housing in response to engagement of a lockup clutch; and the stator can be connected to the stationary case of the transmission or is rotatable by the circulating fluid. First and second hubs are non-rotatably but axially movably mounted on the output member and are respectively connectable with the turbine and the stator by suitable clutches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: LuK Getriebe-Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Mircea Gradu, Uwe Wagner, Volker Middelmann, Shailesh Kozarekar, Edmund Maucher, Wolfgang Reik