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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Exedy Corporation, Neyagawa-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Keiji Sato, Neyagawa, JP;
Assignee:
EXEDY CORPORATION, Neyagawa-Shi, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 25/06 (2006.01); F16D 33/18 (2006.01); F16H 45/02 (2006.01); F16D 25/0635 (2006.01); F16D 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 25/0635 (2013.01); F16D 33/18 (2013.01); F16H 45/02 (2013.01); F16D 3/12 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0215 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0247 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0278 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0294 (2013.01);
Abstract
A torque converter includes a front cover, an impeller, an output shaft member, a turbine and a clutch. The turbine includes a turbine shell, a turbine blade, a coupling portion and a piston portion. The turbine shell is supported by the output shaft member. Additionally, the turbine shell slides on the output shaft member in an axial direction. The turbine blade is attached to the turbine shell. The coupling portion extends from the turbine shell toward the front cover. The piston portion extends from the coupling portion in a radial direction. The clutch is disposed between the piston portion and the front cover.