Patent ID: 6866130

Claim:
A torque converter comprising: a torque input member; a first torque transmitting member hydrodynamically transmitted with a torque from the torque input member and capable of outputting the torque to a torque output member; a clutch member engageable with the torque input member; a second torque transmitting member engageable with the clutch member; an elastic member supported into engagement by the first torque transmitting member, capable of absorbing shock in the torque, and capable of transmitting the torque to the first torque transmitting member; and wherein the torque output member is a shaft, the first torque transmitting member is a shell disposed to be rotatable in a circumferential direction of the shaft integrally therewith, the first torque transmitting member includes a radially inner peripheral portion engageable with one end of the elastic member and a radially outer peripheral portion radially extending from an outer periphery of the radially inner peripheral portion and hydrodynamically transmitted with the torque from the torque input member, and the second torque transmitting member is a disc arranged to be parallel with the shell in the axial direction of the shaft so as to be rotated in the circumferential direction of the shaft, and includes an inner diameter portion engageable with the other end of the elastic member and an outer diameter portion engageable with the clutch member.