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Title:
TORQUE CONVERTER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/042718
Kind Code:
A1
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 (F2) and a turbine shaft (F1), and discharged from a space between a pump sleeve (23) and the stator shaft (F2) through a space where the lock-up clutch is disposed and the torus. Moreover, this torque converter further includes a seal member (80) which is disposed at a side that is closer to the engine than a spline engagement part (P2) of an inner race (52) and the stator shaft (F2), and seals a space between an inner peripheral face of the inner race (52) and an outer peripheral face of the stator shaft (F2).

Inventors:
IWASHITA NORIO (JP)
SAKA TOKIMORI (JP)
ISHIYAMA TAKASHI (JP)
MAETA HIDETOSHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2011/004118
Publication Date:
April 05, 2012
Filing Date:
July 21, 2011
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Assignee:
MAZDA MOTOR (JP)
IWASHITA NORIO (JP)
SAKA TOKIMORI (JP)
ISHIYAMA TAKASHI (JP)
MAETA HIDETOSHI (JP)
International Classes:
F16H41/30
Foreign References:
JPH0960707A1997-03-04
JPH02173458A1990-07-04
JP2007333074A2007-12-27
JP2008175338A2008-07-31
JP2003206770A2003-07-25
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KOTANI, Etsuji et al. (2-2 Nakanoshima 2-chome, Kita-ku, Osaka-sh, Osaka 05, JP)
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