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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Yabe, Kakegawa, JP;
Shiro Takeuchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
NSK-Warner K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
464 67 ; 192-329 ;
Abstract
In a lock-up piston and damper device for a torque converter, a divider member is provided between the retainer plate and the lock-up piston for supporting springs of an internal circumference in series with springs of an external circumference, thereby obtaining a large torsion angle.