Adjustable cam weights for torque converter

Details Adjustable cam weights for torque converter Adjustable cam weights for torque converter

1999-04-08

2000-12-05

Bucci, David A.

Endless belt power transmission systems or components

Pulley with belt-receiving groove formed by drive faces on...

Speed responsive

474 46, 474 12, F16H 5900, F16H 5556

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061559407

ABSTRACT:
A torque converter assembly is provided for adjusting the overall speed of a vehicle. The assembly comprises a driver pulley including an outer drum, a movable flange, a chamber formed by the outer drum and movable flange, a first weight and a second weight each positioned to lie within the chamber, and a shaft extending into the chamber about which the first and second weights are positioned to lie for rotation. The assembly further comprises a pair of guideposts each having a first end fixedly coupled to a respective one of the first and second weights and a second end inserted in the other of the first and second weights and a stopper coupled to the second end of each guidepost to limit the radially outward movement of the first and second weights.

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patent: 2612054 (1952-09-01), Davis
patent: 2928286 (1960-03-01), Davis
patent: 3625079 (1971-12-01), Hoff
patent: 3747721 (1973-07-01), Hoff
patent: 3824876 (1974-07-01), Brooks
patent: 3850050 (1974-11-01), Lemmens
patent: 4179946 (1979-12-01), Kanstoroom

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