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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2018
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Yong Uk Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
Seong Wook Hwang, Gunpo-si, KR;
Minho Chae, Incheon, KR;
Chon Ok Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun Sik Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Sun Sung Kwon, Anyang-si, KR;
Seongwook Ji, Gunpo-si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A torque converter system of a vehicle for delivering an input torque to a transmission may include a front cover of a torque converter receiving the input torque through a torque receiving shaft, an impeller of the torque converter receiving the input torque through the front cover, a turbine of the torque converter disposed opposed to and coaxially with the impeller and rotated by an operation fluid supplied from the impeller thereby driving a transmission input shaft, a reactor of the torque converter disposed between the impeller and the turbine and redirecting the operation fluid from the turbine toward the impeller, and a lock-up clutch disposed inside a transmission to selectively connecting the front cover and the turbine.