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Patent No.:

US 8640840 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2012
Applicant:

Jatco Ltd, Fuji, JP;

Inventor:

Kazunori Kawashima, Atsugi, JP;

Assignee:

Jatco Ltd, Fuji-shi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/00 (2006.01); F16H 41/32 (2006.01); F16D 47/06 (2006.01); F16D 37/02 (2006.01); F16D 33/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In a torque converter for performing torque transmission by circulating a working fluid between a pump impeller and a turbine runner, the working fluid is a magnetic viscous fluid; and in a torque converter housing, outside a circulation path of the working fluid, a yoke member connected to the pump impeller and provided with a coil and a magnetic member connected to the turbine runner are concentrically arranged with a predetermined space therebetween; and a magnetic circuit is established between the yoke member and the magnetic member upon energization of the coil.


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Kawashima, Kazunori. (2014). Torque converter using magnetic viscous fluid as working fluid (U.S. Patent No. 8640840). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8640840

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