Adjustable cam weights for torque converter
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Dec 5, 2000
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Apr 8, 1999
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Apr 8, 1998
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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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