Torque converter
AssigneeValeo Kapec Co., Ltd.
InventorHeesik Son
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Abstract
Disclosed is a torque converter. A torque converter according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a front cover, an impeller assembly coupled to the front cover and configured to rotate together with the front cover, a turbine assembly disposed at a position facing the impeller assembly, a lock-up clutch including a piston configured to directly connect the front cover and the turbine assembly, and a torsional damper coupled to the lock-up clutch and configured to absorb impact and vibration applied in a rotation direction, in which a turbine shell provided in the turbine assembly may further include at least one damper connection part protruding in an axial direction toward the torsional damper and bent to be coupled to the torsional damper.
Claims12
A torque converter comprising:
- a front cover;
- an impeller assembly coupled to the front cover and configured to rotate together with the front cover;
- a turbine assembly disposed at a position facing the impeller assembly, the turbine assembly including a turbine shell;
- a lock-up clutch including a piston configured to directly connect the front cover and the turbine assembly;
- a torsional damper coupled to the lock-up clutch and configured to absorb impact and vibration applied in a rotation direction;
- at least one damper connection part protruding in an axial direction of the turbine shell toward the torsional damper and bent to be coupled to the torsional damper,
- wherein a support clip is mounted on the damper connection part, the support clip including
- a main body having two opposite ends bent from a central portion so as to surround an outer periphery of the damper connection part protruding from the turbine shell;
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- catching protrusions formed at two opposite sides of the main body, which face each other, so as to be fixed to two opposite sides of the damper connection part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.