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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357233 | Torque converter with a lock-up clutch assembly having a floating friction disk The torque converter includes a torque input member and an impeller assembly operatively coupled with the torque input member. A turbine assembly is connected with the impeller and a lock-up clutch is interposed between the turbine assembly and the torque input memb... | 04/15/2008 |
| 6997295 | Clutch having elements capable of independent operation A freewheeling clutch includes torque transmitting elements disposed between an inner race and an outer race. The elements include active surfaces that may be defined by an angularly variable radius of curvature that varies with respect to roll angle at an increasin... | 02/14/2006 |
| 5918461 | Stator assembly having single direction anti-rotation device A stator assembly for use in a torque converter wherein the stator assembly includes a grounded member, a reaction member and a blade assembly operatively coupled with the reaction member for rotational movement about an axis of rotation relative to the g... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5799492 | Hydrodynamic unit, particularly for the transmission line of a motor vehicle A hydrodynamic unit, particularly for the transmission line of a motor vehicle, which, in addition to a main pump wheel, also has an auxiliary pump wheel which can be frictionally connected with the main pump wheel in the circumferential direction via a c... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5718114 | One-way clutch mechanism of torque converter The one-way clutch mechanism of a torque converter which has a short axial dimension, and which neither produces a shock noise (an abnormal sound) nor suffers a power loss in the idle mode thereof. An outer race (30 in FIG. 1 ) is united with a stator (18... | 02/17/1998 |
| 4510747 | Lockup control device for a torque converter A lockup control device for a torque converter, which is provided with a lockup clutch engageable to connect a pump at the torque converter directly with a turbine thereat and disengageable to release the direct connection of the pump and turbine, and wit... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4343383 | Hydrodynamic torque transmitting unit, particularly for a hydrodynamic brake The disclosure contains a hydrodynamic torque transmitting unit particularly for a hydrodynamic brake. A working chamber that is filled with working fluid contains a stator and a rotor. An inlet valve controls inlet of fluid to the working chamber. A pist... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4194600 | Hydrodynamic double brake A hydrodynamic double brake includes two working chambers, each defined between a respective stator bucket wheel and a respective rotor bucket wheel. Each of the bucket wheels including buckets that extend into the respective working chambers and the buck... | 03/25/1980 |
