Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.

Junya Kashimura

Kazuyoshi Ito

Koji Maeda

Akihiro Nagae

Yoshihide Mori

Keizo Araki

Akiyoshi Otsuki

A center piece is coupled to a flange member to thereby form a second oil path between an intermediate wall portion of the center piece and the flange portion. A male screw portion is formed on an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical portion of the center piece, and a nut member in which a female screw portion is formed on an inner peripheral surface is screwed to the male screw portion. Accordingly, the flange member is pressed onto the intermediate wall portion to thereby couple the center piece to the flange member. As a result, the center piece can be coupled to the flange member without causing backlash.

Hydraulic structure for clutch device

A fluidic torque transfer device is configured such that the attachment angle of a turbine blade at a fluid outlet of a turbine runner is smaller than the attachment angle of the turbine blade at a fluid inlet of the turbine runner. Furthermore, the turbine runner is structured so that a cross-sectional area St of a turbine flow path defined by the turbine shell, adjacent turbine blades, and the turbine core, which is perpendicular to a centerline of the turbine flow path, satisfies |St&#x2212;Sref|/Sref&#x2266;0.2, where a reference area Sref is an average of maximum and minimum values of a cross-sectional area of a pump flow path defined by the pump shell, adjacent pump blades, and the pump core of the pump impeller, which is perpendicular to a centerline of the pump flow path.

Fluidic torque transfer device

A fluidic torque transfer device configured with a pump impeller that includes a pump shell, a pump blade attached to the pump shell, and a pump core attached to the pump blade; a turbine runner that includes a turbine shell, a turbine blade attached to the turbine shell, and a turbine core attached to the turbine blade; and a stator that includes a stator blade, and rectifies a flow of a hydraulic fluid from the turbine runner to the pump impeller. The outer contour line of the turbine blade extends outward in an extending direction of a rotation center axis of the pump impeller and the turbine runner on the fluid outlet side of the turbine runner more than an outer contour line of the pump blade on the pump shell side.

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Anjo, Japan

Junya Kashimura