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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0226 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0263 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0278 (2013.01);
Abstract
A torque converter in which a torsional vibration damping device is fastened firmly to a turbine hub in such a manner that a hermeticity test can be carried out easily. In the torque converter, a turbine runner is fixed to the turbine hub through a first rivet. The torsional vibration damping device is assembled as a unit independent from the turbine hub and a rolling mass is held in a casing liquid-tightly. The torsional vibration damping device and the driven member are fixed to the turbine hub through a second rivet.