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`Attorney Docket NO.LUKP487US
`Arndt. Dated: Dec. 20,2010
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`U.S. Patent Application No.: NI A
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`Confirmation No.:
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`Applicant(s): Heiko Magerkurth, et al.
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`Customer No.:
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`Application based on PCT International Patent Application No. PCT/DE2009/000819.
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`Amendments to the Specification
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`Please add the following new paragraph before paragraph 0001:
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`CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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`This application is the National Stage of PCT International Application No.
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`PCT/DE20091000819, filed June 12,2009, which application published in German and is hereby
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`incorporated by reference in its entirety, which application claims priority from German Patent
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`Application No. DE 102008 031 431.5, filed July 4, 2008 and from German Patent Application
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`No. DE 10 2008 037 808.9, filed August 14, 2008 which applications are incorporated by
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`reference in their entirety.
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior verSIOns, and listings, of claims III the
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`Amendments to the Claims
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`application:
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`1. (original) A hydrodynamic torque converter (1) with a turbine (7) driven by an impeller (6)
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`as well as housing (3) in which a torsional vibration damper (16) with multiple of damper stages
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`(14, 15), a torsional vibration absorber (17) and a lock-up clutch (13) are additionally installed,
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`wherein a first and a second damper stage (14,15) is disposed between the lock-up clutch (13)
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`and an output hub (12), the second damper stage (15) is disposed between the turbine (7) and the
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`output hub (12) and the torsional vibration absorber (17) is parallel to both damper stages (14,
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`15).
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`2. (original) The hydrodynamic torque converter (1) according to Claim 1, wherein an input
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`part (41) of the first damper stage (14) and an output part (48) of the second damper stage (15)
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`are centered on one another.
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`3. (currently amended)
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`The hydrodynamic torque converter (1) according to Claim 1 ~,
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`wherein a disk part (25) is allocated to two damper stages (14, 15) as one piece.
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`4. ((currently amended)
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`The hydrodynamic torque converter (1) according to OH6 of Claims
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`Claim 1 ~, wherein a mounting part (37) of the torsional vibration absorber (17) with absorber
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`masses (39) forms a disk part (31) of the input part (35) of a damper stage (15).
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`5. (currently amended)
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`The hydrodynamic torque conve11er (1) according to OH6 of Claims
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`Claim 1 te--4, wherein absorber masses (39) of the torsional vibration absorber (17) and energy
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`accumulators (29) of the first damper stage (14) disposed over the circumference are radially at
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`the same height but axially spaced apart.
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`6. (original)
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`The hydrodynamic torque converter (1) according to Claim 5,
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`wherein a middle mounting diameter of the energy accumulators (29) is disposed radially outside
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`the turbine (7).
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`7. (cun-ently amended)
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`The hydrodynamic torque converter (1) according to SHe sf Claims
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`Claim 5 er--6, wherein the energy accumulators (29) overlap the turbine (7) at least partially and
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`axially.
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`8. (cun-entlyamended)
`The hydrodynamic torque converter (1) according to SHe sf Claims
`Claim 1 te--+, wherein energy accumulators are distributed over the circumference (27) of the
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`second damper stage (15) based on a middle mounting diameter radially within turbine blades (8)
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`of the turbine (7).
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`9 . (original)
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`The hydrodynamic torque converter (1) according to Claim 8,
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`wherein the energy accumulators (27) of the second damper stage (15) and the turbine (7) at least
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`partially and axially overlap.
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`10. (cun-ently amended)
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`The hydrodynamic torque converter (1) according to SHe sf Claims
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`Claim 1 te-9, wherein the lock-up clutch (13) in a closed state is axially mounted in a pocket (24)
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`formed in a housing wall (23) radial within fastening means (9) provided on external part of the
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`torque converter (1).
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`11. (original)
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`The hydrodynamic torque converter (1) according to Claim 10,
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`wherein the lock-up clutch (13) is formed out of a piston (18) centered on the output hub (12)
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`and mounted non-rotatably and axially displacably on the housing (3), and axially pressurizes a
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`friction plate (22) that can be clamped between said piston and said housing (3) to develop a
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`frictional engagement.
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`12. (original)
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`The hydrodynamic torque converter (1) according to Claim 11,
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`wherein the mounting part (37) is disposed axially between lock-up clutch (13) and the first
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`damper stage (14).
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`13. (original)
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`The hydrodynamic torque converter (1) according to Claim 12,
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`wherein between the friction plate (22) and the input part (41) of the first damper stage (14)
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`transition connections (44) are formed, which reach through circular segment-shaped openings
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`(47) of the mounting part (37).
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`14. (culTently amended)
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`The hydrodynamic torque converter according to OHe of Claims
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`Claim 1 ~, wherein in the closed state of the lock-up clutch (13) the torsional vibration
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`absorber (17) acts between both damper stages (14, 15).
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`15. (culTently amended)
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`The hydrodynamic torque converter according to OHe of Claims
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`Claim 1 te-+4, wherein the torsional vibration absorber (17) is connected non-rotatably with the
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`turbine (7).
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`16. (original)
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`The hydrodynamic torque converter according to Claim 15,
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`wherein in the opened state of the lock-up clutch (13) the torsional vibration absorber (17) is
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`connected non-rotatably with the turbine (7).
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`Docket No. LUKP487US
`HYDRODYNAMIC TORQUE CONVERTER
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`FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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`The invention relates to a hydrodynamic torque converter with a lock-up clutch
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`Such torque converters are particularly used in vehicle drive trains, between an
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`internal combustion engine and transmission. To damp torsional vibrations of an internal
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`combustion engine, the so-called torsional vibration dampers are used, which are driven via an
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`input part, whereby the torque is transmitted to an output part that is relatively and limitedly
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`ergy is temporarily stored at torque peaks and released to the output part at torque troughs.
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`The torque converter is configured by means of a damping device, a so-called conventional
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`damper between the lock-up clutch and the output hub of the torque converter so that when
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`the lock-up clutch is closed, torsional vibrations are damped via the torque path between con-
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