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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2008
Applicant:
Takeyuki Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Takeyuki Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Exedy Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2006.01); F16F 15/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a lock-up damper that affords greater design latitude. A lock-up dampercomprises a pair of input rotorsthat rotate integrally, an intermediate plate, a turbine hub, an output rotor, a plurality of first springs, and a plurality of second springs. The turbine hubis disposed so as to be capable of rotating within a specific angle range with respect to the intermediate plate, and is able to come into contact in the rotational direction with the intermediate plate. A pair of the output rotorsare disposed to the inside in the radial direction of the pair of input rotors, and are fixed to the turbine hub