Title:
TORQUE CONVERTER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014066317
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a torque converter capable of suppressing an increase in an axial length of the device.
A torque converter includes: a housing to which a rotational power of a power source is transmitted; a doughnut-shaped torus part that is housed in the housing and transmits a rotational power of a pump impeller on an input side to a turbine runner on an output side through a fluid; and a clutch mechanism housed in the housing and allowing the housing to be engaged with and separated from the pump impeller. At least part of the clutch mechanism is arranged in a space radially inside in an axial length of the torus part.
Inventors:
TSUZUKI YUKIHISA
MAKINO YOSUKE
YAMAMOTO TOMOKO
KITAGAWA TOMOYUKI
MAKINO YOSUKE
YAMAMOTO TOMOKO
KITAGAWA TOMOYUKI
Application Number:
JP2012212668A
Publication Date:
April 17, 2014
Filing Date:
September 26, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AISIN SEIKI
International Classes:
F16H45/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2011122678A | 2011-06-23 | |||
| JP2007016833A | 2007-01-25 | |||
| JP2011106557A | 2011-06-02 | |||
| JP2009243597A | 2009-10-22 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kato Asamichi