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Starting device

US8215470B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 23, 2009
Grant dateJul 10, 2012
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 8, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H2061/0046
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A starting device includes a housing; an output side member; a clutch mechanism; a working oil passage that supplies working oil to a hydraulic chamber of the clutch mechanism from an oil pressure source side; and a lubricating oil passage including a supply oil passage that supplies lubricating oil to the housing from the oil pressure source side and a return oil passage for returning the lubricating oil to the oil pressure source side from the housing, wherein the working oil passage and the lubricating oil passage are formed to overlap at least partially in an axial direction.

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