Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.

Nsk-Warner K.k.

Aisin Aw Industries Co., Ltd.

Makoto Ogawa

Hideaki Takabayashi

Tamotsu Fujii

Kenji Maruo

Haruhisa Baba

Yuichi Takeo

Takamitsu Kuroyanagi

Hideki Ogawa

Hiroyuki Sakai

Osamu Yoshida

Eiji Hayashi

A lock-up mechanism for a torque converter comprising a lock-up clutch secured thereto with a friction liner having a friction surface, and a front cover having an engaging surface adapted to be engaged with the friction surface, is wherein either the friction surface or the engaging surface is formed therein with a substantially annular circumferential groove.

Lock-up mechanism for torque converter

A disc brake which can suppress pad vibration includes an outer pad which while contacting the disc rotor is turned such that the side wall of a guide groove in a support arm on the outer peripheral side abuts with the side face of a projecting section on the outer peripheral side of the pad. A pad support is positioned between the guide groove and the projecting section. The pad support includes a supporting portion, an urging portion and a connecting portion. A projection is provided in the region a little to the bottom of the guide groove on the side face of the projecting section on the outer peripheral side.

Disc brake

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Makoto Ogawa