Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.

Exedy Corporation

Aisin Aw Industries Co., Ltd.

Asin Aw Co., Ltd.

Junji Tanaka

Kazuyoshi Ito

Koji Maeda

Naohisa Momiyama

Yuito Abe

Masahiro Ishikawa

Naohisa Yamashita

Fumimasa Kasashima

Takeshi Watanabe

A starting device configured with a multi-plate clutch and a damper device. The damper device may include an input element to which power from a motor is transmitted via the multi-plate clutch, an outer peripheral-side elastic body to which the power is transmitted from the input element, an inner peripheral-side elastic body that is placed on an inner peripheral side of the outer peripheral-side elastic body, an intermediate element that transmits the power from the outer peripheral-side elastic body to the inner peripheral-side elastic body, and an output element to which the power is transmitted from the inner peripheral-side elastic body. The input element may be coupled to a clutch drum of the multi-plate clutch so that the input element and the clutch drum interpose the intermediate element therebetween.

Starting device

A lockup clutch mechanism of a hydraulic transmission device includes a lockup piston that is capable of moving toward a front cover to press first and second friction plates, and a flange member that together with the lockup piston defines an engagement-side oil chamber. The front cover and the lockup piston define a first lubricant passage that supplies hydraulic oil to the first and second friction plates. A second lubricant passage communicating with the first lubricant passage is formed in a centerpiece of the front cover. A first shaft oil passage communicating with the engagement-side oil chamber and a second shaft oil passage communicating with the second lubricant passage are formed in an input shaft.

In a hydraulic transmission apparatus, a lockup piston of a lockup clutch mechanism is placed on the opposite side of first and second friction plates from a sidewall portion of a front cover. A damper device is placed on the opposite side of the lockup piston from the first and second friction plates. An outer peripheral portion of the lockup piston is located closer to the outer periphery than an outer peripheral portion of a flange member. A part of the lockup piston is placed in a region located between first and second springs and a third spring of the damper device in a radial direction and in the range of an axial width of the third spring located closer to the lockup piston.

Starting apparatus

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Anjo, Japan

Junji Tanaka