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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
May. 09, 2005
Masanori Ishikawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromu Soya, Kanagawa, JP;
JATCO Ltd, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
An oil pump driving apparatus including a rotation shaft in driving connection with a torque converter, a drive sprocket rotatable about the rotation shaft and adapted to be connected with a driven sprocket disposed on the oil pump via the chain, a first sleeve disposed on a radial outside of the rotation shaft so as to be rotatable together with the torque converter, the first sleeve being engaged with the drive sprocket, a second sleeve fixedly disposed on a radial inside of the first sleeve, a first bearing supporting the first sleeve so as to be rotatable relative to the second sleeve, and a second bearing supporting the drive sprocket so as to be rotatable relative to the second sleeve.