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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 1984
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Aisin Warner Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192-328 ; 192 52 ; 192 7014 ; 1921 / ;
Abstract
A fluid torque converter equipped with a direct-coupling clutch comprising a front cover fixed to the pump impeller of the fluid torque converter, and a clutch disk axially slidably mounted on the output shaft of the fluid torque converter and disposed between the front cover and the turbine runner. A friction plate affixed to a friction surface formed on the front cover is divided into two portions, namely, a radially outer portion made of a frictional material having a large coefficient of dynamical friction and a large heat capacity and a radially inner portion made of a frictional material having a large coefficient of statical friction and a high compressive strength.