US 11,773,953 B2
Torque converter and vehicle including the torque converter
Shengzhang Wang, Nanjing (CN); Xun Hu, Nanjing (CN); Ronglin Bi, Nanjing (CN); and Yanxia Sun, Nanjing (CN)
Assigned to VALEO KAPEC TORQUE CONVERTERS (NANJING) CO., LTD., Nanjing (CN)
Appl. No. 17/633,872
Filed by VALEO KAPEC TORQUE CONVERTERS (NANJING) CO., LTD., Nanjing (CN)
PCT Filed Aug. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/107871
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/027734, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201910734377.2 (CN), filed on Aug. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0325785 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. F16H 45/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 45/02 (2013.01) [F16H 2045/0263 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A torque converter, including:
a pump shell having pump blades;
a turbine shell having a support portion supporting turbine blades, wherein the turbine blades are driven by the pump blades via a fluid to rotate about a rotational axis;
wherein the turbine shell further has a flange portion, the flange portion is located radially outside the support portion and extends outwardly, and the flange portion is integrally formed with the support portion;
wherein the torque converter further includes a vibration damping device, a mass of the vibration damping device is mounted on the flange portion and configured to be movable relative to the flange portion and apply a torque to the turbine shell; and
wherein a radial outer edge of the support portion is provided with a folded portion that attaches to the flange portion, and the folded portion overlaps axially with a portion of the support portion.