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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2004
Applicants:
Nobuyuki Iwao, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuyuki Iwao, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Isuzu Motors Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A torque converter comprises a pump having a pump shell and impellers; a turbine having a turbine shell and runners; a stator arranged between the pump and the turbine and is supported by the housing; and an operation fluid filled in the pump and in the turbine. Transmission torque limit means is arranged between the stator and the housing to so limit the transmission of torque transmitted to the stator as will not to increase in excess of a predetermined value.