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Title:
TORQUE CONVERTER WITH LOCK-UP CLUTCH
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009041662
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a torque converter with a lock-up clutch, having compact construction for improving the vibration reducing effect of a driving system resulting in a wider low-vehicle-speed region of the torque converter to which the lock-up clutch is directly connected, to improve low mileage performance.

In the torque converter, an inertia mass 35 is arranged between a transmission cover 5 and a turbine blade 2 rotatably relative thereto, the transmission cover 5 and the inertia mass 35 are connected to each other via a first torque damper spring 36 and the inertia mass 35 and the turbine blade 2 are connected to each other via a second torque damper spring 37, and the first and second torque damper springs 36, 37 are arranged radially outward from a maximum swollen point 48 on the outside face of the turbine blade 2 along the peripheral direction of the turbine blade 2.


Inventors:
Usui, Tomohiko
Abe, Hiroya
Mishima, Yoshimune
Matsuoka, Hideki
Tsuboi, Akira
Tsuchiya, Tomohiko
Application Number:
JP2007000207076
Publication Date:
February 26, 2009
Filing Date:
August 08, 2007
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
F C C:KK
YUTAKA GIKEN CO LTD
International Classes:
F16H45/02; F16F15/134