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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2011
Norio Iwashita, Hiroshima, JP;
Tokimori Saka, Hiroshima, JP;
Takashi Ishiyama, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Hidetoshi Maeta, Hiroshima, JP;
Norio Iwashita, Hiroshima, JP;
Tokimori Saka, Hiroshima, JP;
Takashi Ishiyama, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Hidetoshi Maeta, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A torque converter includes, in a case coupled to an output shaft of an engine, a torus formed from a pump, a turbine and a stator having a one-way clutch on the inside thereof, and a lock-up clutch. In addition, in this torque converter, a fluid from a pump is introduced from a space between a stator shaft (F) and a turbine shaft (F), and discharged from a space between a pump sleeve () and the stator shaft (F) through a space where the lock-up clutch is disposed and the torus. Moreover, this torque converter further includes a seal member () which is disposed at a side that is closer to the engine than a spline engagement part (P) of an inner race () and the stator shaft (F), and seals a space between an inner peripheral face of the inner race () and an outer peripheral face of the stator shaft (F).