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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1992
Takashi Takino, Higashi-Hiroshima, JP;
Tokimori Saka, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A torque converter is provided for transmitting torque from an engine output shaft to an input shaft of a transmission. The torque converter includes a pump, connected with the engine output shaft, which includes a shell portion disposed at an outer portion thereof, a core portion disposed at an inner portion thereof and a plurality of blades disposed between the shell portion and the core portion. A turbine is disposed facing the pump and is driven by the pump through hydraulic fluid. The turbine includes a shell portion disposed at an outer portion thereof, a core portion disposed at an inner portion thereof and a plurality of blades disposed between the shell portion and the core portion. A stator is disposed between the pump and the turbine for torque amplification. The core portion and blades of the turbine include respective radial outer edges, the core portion and blades of the pump include respective radial outer edges, and the radial outer edges of the blades of at least one of the pump and the turbine project beyond the radial outer edge of the core portion thereof toward the facing blades of the other.