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Granted Patent B2
US 11,035,449 · App. 16/466,768 · Granted Jun 15, 2021

Torque converter device, in particular for a drive train of a motor vehicle

Inventors: Jan Velthaus (Stuttgart, DE); Bernhard Ziegler (Rechberghausen, DE); Tobias Schuster (Esslingen, DE); Lukas Rube (Stuttgart, DE); Kai Heukelbach (Köngen, DE); Bernd Koppitz (Winterbach, DE); Felix Zehren (Stuttgart-Wangen, DE)
Assignee: DAIMLER AG
F16H45/02F16H41/30F16H2041/243F16H2045/0215F16H2045/0284
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Patent No.
US 11,035,449
App. No.
16/466,768
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A torque converter device for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle includes a converter cover having a cover shell and a hub rigidly connected to the cover shell. The torque converter device also includes at least one multidisk clutch, which includes at least one inner disk-centering member. The hub integrally forms the inner disk-centering member of the multidisk clutch.

Claims (15)

1. A torque converter device for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, comprising:

a converter cover having a cover shell and a hub rigidly connected to the cover shell; and

at least one multidisk clutch, wherein an inner disk-centering member of the multidisk clutch is integrally formed by the hub,

wherein the hub is connected to the cover shell by a weld seam, wherein the weld seam is spaced axially apart from disks of the at least one multidisk clutch along an axis of rotation of the disks, and wherein a radial distance of the weld seam from the axis of rotation of the disks falls, in relation to the axis of rotation of the disks, between a minimum radial portion of the discs and a maximum radial portion of the discs.

2. The torque converter device of claim 1 , wherein the hub has at least one cooling-oil duct integrally formed by the hub and configured to supply cooling oil to the at least one multidisk clutch for cooling the at least one multidisk clutch.

3. The torque converter device of claim 2 , wherein the hub has a stepped contour integrally formed by the hub, and wherein the inner disk-centering member is formed on a radially inner step that is integrally formed by the hub.

4. The torque converter device of claim 3 , wherein the hub has a radial mounting point configured for mounting a transmission input shaft, and wherein the mounting point is integrally formed by the hub.

5. The torque converter device of claim 4 , wherein the cooling-oil duct leads from the radial mounting point to the radially inner step of the hub.

6. The torque converter device of claim 3 , wherein the at least one multidisk clutch has at least one actuating piston configured to actuate the multidisk clutch, and wherein the at least one actuating piston is arranged on a radially outer step of the hub, which step is integrally formed by the hub.

7. The torque converter device of claim 6 , wherein the hub has a pressure-oil duct configured to actuate the actuating piston, and wherein the pressure-oil duct is integrally formed by the hub and leads to the radially outer step of the hub.

8. The torque converter device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one multidisk clutch is a converter lockup clutch.

9. The torque converter device of claim 1 , further comprising:

an electric machine arranged at least partly radially outside the converter cover and having at least one rotor,

wherein the hub has a connection region integrally formed by the hub configured to connect the rotor of the electric machine for conjoint rotation and for radial centering the rotor.

10. The torque converter device of claim 9 , wherein the cover shell has at least one step running in a circumferential direction and forming a radially supporting receiving region for the rotor of the electric machine.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: DAIMLER AG
To: MERCEDES BENZ GROUP AG
Reel/Frame 072886/0467 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2019
From: VELTHAUS, JAN; ZIEGLER, BERNHARD; SCHUSTER, TOBIAS; RUBE, LUKAS; HEUKELBACH, KAI; KOPPITZ, BERND; ZEHREN, FELIX
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 049379/0298 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 014 725.3 · Dec 9, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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