Lock-up device of torque converter
AssigneeValeo Kapec Japan Kk
InventorsAtsushi Inoue, Shintaro Ishizaka
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Abstract
The lock-up device of a torque converter includes an input side clutch supporter fixed to a front cover for transmitting a power from a drive side; a plurality of clutch plates supported by the input side clutch supporter; a lock-up piston to pressurize the clutch plate to make the clutch connected; a piston guide supporting the end portion of the lock-up piston; a spring pack fixed to the lock-up piston, installed between the lock-up piston and the input side clutch supporter and including an elastic body that presses the lock-up piston in the direction of releasing the clutch; and an mutual rotation prevention mechanism that prevents a relative rotation between the lock-up piston and the input side clutch supporter.
Claims8
A lock-up device of a torque converter, comprising:
- an input side clutch supporter fixed to a front cover for transmitting power from a drive side;
- a plurality of clutch plates supported by the input side clutch supporter;
- a lock-up piston to pressurize the clutch plates to make a clutch connected;
- a piston guide supporting an end portion of the lock-up piston;
- a spring pack fixed to the lock-up piston, installed between the lock-up piston and the input side clutch supporter, the spring pack including:
- a first retainer plate installed on a side of the lock-up piston and fixed with the lock-up piston,
- a second retainer plate installed on a side of the input side clutch supporter, and
- an elastic body between the first retainer plate and the second retainer plate that presses the lock-up piston in a direction of releasing the clutch;
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- a relative rotation prevention mechanism that prevents relative rotation between the lock-up piston and the input side clutch supporter, the relative rotation prevention mechanism including:
- an outer gear on an exterior circumference of the first retainer plate of the spring pack, and
- an inner gear on an inner circumference of the input side clutch supporter and engaged with the outer gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.