Patent ID: 6711895
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: F16C,F16H

Abstract:
An assembly of a one-way clutch attached to a stator of a torque converter, a pump member, a turbine member, and a bearing support, comprising:said stator having a stator flange portion disposed adjacent said pump member and defining a first gap therebetween; said bearing support being disposed on a side of the one-way clutch opposite that of said stator flange portion and being disposed adjacent said turbine member to define a second gap therebetween; and dynamic pressure grooves and escape grooves, serving to function as hydraulic bearings, being formed in at least one of: at least one annular face, having an inner circumference and an outer circumference, of opposing faces of said stator flange portion and said pump member; and at least one annular face, having an inner circumference and an outer circumference, of opposing faces of said bearing support and said turbine member; wherein said escape grooves include grooves radially-formed at predetermined angular intervals in a circumferential direction of said at least one annular face and extending from the outer circumference to the inner circumference of said at least one annular face, and said dynamic pressure grooves are formed in said at least one annular face except where said escape grooves are formed and each said dynamic pressure groove has two open ends, at least one of said open ends communicating with said escape groove and other said open ends communicating with exterior of the inner circumference or exterior of the outer circumference of said at least one annular face.