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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takao Fukunaga, Neyagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Daikin Seisakusho, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ; F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192-328 ; 192-33 ; 192 7017 ; 1922141 ;
Abstract
A lock-up device for a torque converter is disposed between a front cover 1 and a turbine 3, and comprises a clutch mechanism 10 for connecting the front cover 1 and an output member to each other and releasing the connection therebetween, an elastic connecting mechanism 11 comprising a torsion spring 22 for elastically connecting the clutch mechanism 10 and a turbine hub 6 to each other, and a hysteresis torque generating mechanism 12 disposed radially outward of the torsion spring 22 for damping torque variations from the front cover 1.