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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:
Oct. 28, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1996
Yoshihisa Miura, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An assembly of a one-way clutch and a liquid thrust bearing is provided which can absorb an axial load due to a stator of a torque converter, thereby reducing the number of parts as compared to a conventional torque converter using a mechanical thrust bearing. In order to attain the object, the one-way clutch is mounted on a boss portion of a stator of a torque converter, a bearing support is disposed between outer and inner rings of the one-way clutch, a turbine-side member of the torque converter is disposed with a fixed inwardly facing surface facing an outwardly facing surface of the bearing support with a small open annular gap being between the facing surfaces and dynamic pressure grooves formed in one of the facing surfaces for providing a high pressure liquid layer between the facing surface which acts as a thrust bearing.
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