US 11,754,160 B2
Torque converter
Hanjun He, Canton, MI (US)
Assigned to Exedy GlobalParts Corporation, Belleville, MI (US)
Filed by Exedy Globalparts Corporation, Belleville, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/703,502.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/166,700, filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0307579 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. F16H 45/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 45/02 (2013.01) [F16H 2045/0205 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0294 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A torque converter comprising:
a shell including a front cover assembly and a rear cover, the shell defining a central axis, the front cover assembly including a front cover and a front boss, the front boss being fixedly mounted to the front cover;
an impeller;
a turbine located within the shell;
a lock-up clutch;
a piston, the piston being axially moveable relative to the front cover assembly along the central axis; and
a leaf spring positioned between the piston and the front cover assembly, the leaf spring connecting the piston to the front cover assembly.