To provide a torque converter which can fasten a lockup clutch with favorable responsiveness while suppressing a shock, and to shorten an overall length of an automatic transmission.
The torque converter includes: a casing 10 coupled to an output shaft of an engine; a torus T defined by a pump 20, a turbine 30 and a stator 40 which are formed in the casing; a multiplate lockup clutch 60 adapted to directly couple the turbine 30 and the casing 10; and a lockup damper 70 adapted to absorb the shock during the fastening of the lockup clutch. The lockup clutch 60 and the lockup damper 70 are arranged in a space between the torus T and a surface of the casing 10 on the side of the engine in an axially overlapping relation. The lockup clutch 60 is disposed on a radially inner side with respect to a widest region T1 of the torus T, and the lockup damper 70 is disposed on a radially outer side with respect to the widest region T1.
IWASHITA NORIO
ISHIYAMA TAKASHI
MAEDA HIDETOSHI
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Mitsuo Tanaka
Fukuoka Masaaki
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