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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. 14, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masanori Ishikawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Jatco LTD, Fuji, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 4/700 ; G05G 1/00 ; F16D 3/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 4/700 ; G05G 1/00 ; F16D 3/300 ;
Abstract
A torque converter is provided which comprises a converter cover for connection to a power source, a pump impeller attached to the converter cover, a turbine for connection to a transmission input shaft, a stator interposed between the pump impeller and the turbine, and a ring gear mounted on the converter cover and adapted to increase moment of inertia of the converter cover.