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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2022
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Takayuki Ikemoto, Aki-gun, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A friction engagement device of an automatic transmission is provided with a cylindrical drum part supporting an annular friction plate. The drum part includes a cylindrical body with a spline part having serrations extending in the axial direction and depressed radially outward to fit with the friction plate, in an inner circumferential side surface, a vertical wall part provided at an end side of the cylindrical body and extending radially inward, and a corner part provided between the cylindrical body and the vertical wall part. A drum recess is formed inside the corner part, connected to the serration and depressed toward an axial end side. A cut part is provided outside the corner part, connected to the drum recess, and cut in the circumferential direction of the drum part. The drum recess is opened to an outside by the cut part to form an oil gallery.