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A torque converter clutch wherein the clutch plate is caused to bear against the input shell of the clutch under the action of a diaphragm spring, a corrugated spring or another spring as soon as it is properly received in the shell. The spring is integral with a part of the clutch plate or is other

A torque converter clutch wherein the clutch plate is caused to bear against the input shell of the clutch under the action of a diaphragm spring, a corrugated spring or another spring as soon as it is properly received in the shell. The spring is integral with a part of the clutch plate or is otherwise assembled with the clutch plate in such a way that it cannot be lost, misplaced or omitted during assembly of the clutch.

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For use in a clutch of a torque converter having a turbine member, particularly in a motor vehicle, wherein an input member is connectable with an engine, a torque transmitting unit arranged to be associated with the input member to transmit torque by friction from the input member to the turbine me

For use in a clutch of a torque converter having a turbine member, particularly in a motor vehicle, wherein an input member is connectable with an engine, a torque transmitting unit arranged to be associated with the input member to transmit torque by friction from the input member to the turbine member and comprising at least one vibration-suppressing damper having at least one hub disc, a second disc at one side of said hub disc, a substantially piston-shaped input element disposed at the other side of said hub disc and non-rotatably connected with said second disc, and resilient means operating between and in the circumferential direction of said discs to oppose rotation of the input element and of the hub disc relative to each other; and at least one energy storing device which is shielded by and is captive in said unit in the axial and radial directions of said unit prior to association of said unit with the input member, said device being arranged to bias said unit axially toward frictional engagement of said unit with said input member upon completed association of said unit with said input member.