192 clutches and power-stop control – Vortex-flow drive and clutch – Including drive-lockup clutch
Patent
1996-06-03
1998-06-23
Bonck, Rodney H.
192 clutches and power-stop control
Vortex-flow drive and clutch
Including drive-lockup clutch
192203, 192205, 464 64, 464 67, F16D 312, F16H 4502
Patent
active
057691959
ABSTRACT:
In a lock-up clutch for a torque convertor, the number of mechanical parts is reduced to thereby simplify the structure. The lock-up clutch used in the torque convertor is provided with a clutch portion composed of a piston member and an elastic coupling portion composed of an outer circumferential support member and arc springs. The arc springs extend in the circumferential direction. The outer circumferential support member integrally includes outer circumferential support portions for covering outer circumferences of the arc springs and circumferential direction support portions engages with both ends, in the circumferential direction, of the arc springs.
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Bonck Rodney H.
Exedy Corporation
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