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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2006
Nobutada Sugiura, Anjo, JP;
Minoru Todo, Takahama, JP;
Mikio Iwase, Anjo, JP;
Takuya Ishii, Anjo, JP;
Tomohiro Katada, Anjo, JP;
Hirofumi Ota, Toyota, JP;
Kazutoshi Nozaki, Togo-cho, JP;
Atsushi Honda, Seto, JP;
Nobutada Sugiura, Anjo, JP;
Minoru Todo, Takahama, JP;
Mikio Iwase, Anjo, JP;
Takuya Ishii, Anjo, JP;
Tomohiro Katada, Anjo, JP;
Hirofumi Ota, Toyota, JP;
Kazutoshi Nozaki, Togo-cho, JP;
Atsushi Honda, Seto, JP;
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An automatic transmission includes a case; a speed change mechanism; a torque converter having a lock-up clutch axially arranged and freely slidably toward and away from the input shaft; a thrust bearing interposed between the flange unit and the side face of the sleeve unit on the input shaft side; a ball bearing that includes an outer race, a side face of which contacts the first step portion toward the input shaft side, and a propeller shaft connecting member capable of connecting with a propeller shaft, spline-engaging with the outer periphery of the output shaft, and contacting a side face of an inner race of the ball bearing upon being pressed axially toward the input shaft side by the propeller shaft.