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A lock-up mechanism 7 of a torque converter 1 has a piston 44 with a lock-up damper 45. The lock-up damper 45 includes a drive member and a hub flange 53 with the elastic members or torsion springs 54 operatively coupled therebetween to dampen vibrations in the torque converter 1. The drive member a

A lock-up mechanism 7 of a torque converter 1 has a piston 44 with a lock-up damper 45. The lock-up damper 45 includes a drive member and a hub flange 53 with the elastic members or torsion springs 54 operatively coupled therebetween to dampen vibrations in the torque converter 1. The drive member and the hub flange 53 both have a plurality of window holes 56d, 57d and 58 that are arranged circumferentially for receiving the corresponding torsion springs 54. The drive member includes a clutch plate 56 and a retaining plate 57. The clutch plate 56 of the drive member has a plurality of holes or cutouts 56e arranged radially outward of the window holes 56d. These holes or cutouts 56e are arranged to reduce the weight of the clutch plate 56, while maintaining the stresses around the window holes 56d of the clutch plate 56 within an allowable stress range. The retaining plate 57 of the drive member also has a plurality of holes or cutouts 57e that are arranged radially outward of the window holes 57d. These holes or cutouts 57e are arranged to reduce the weight of a retaining plate 57, while maintaining the stresses around the window holes 57d of the retaining plate 57 within an allowable stress range. The hub flange 53 of the lock-up damper 45 also include a plurality of holes or cutouts 59 that are circumferentially arranged between the window holes 58 in the hub flange 53. These holes or cutouts 59 are arranged to reduce the weight of a hub flange 53, while maintaining the stresses around the window holes 58 of the hub flange 53 within an allowable stress range.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A lock-up damper arranged in a lock-up mechanism of a torque converter for mechanically transmitting torque from an rotatable input body to a rotatable output body, said lock-up damper comprising:an input member adapted to receive torque from the rotatable input body;an

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A lock-up damper arranged in a lock-up mechanism of a torque converter for mechanically transmitting torque from an rotatable input body to a rotatable output body, said lock-up damper comprising:an input member adapted to receive torque from the rotatable input body;an output member adapted to output torque to the rotatable output body from said input member; andelastic members operatively coupled between-said input member and said output member to dampen vibrations, said input member and said output member both including a plurality of receiving openings with said elastic members disposed therein, andat least one of said input and output members having circumferentially extending outer notched sections, each of said notched sections located in an area circumferentially aligned with said receiving openings, and cutouts located in an area radially outwardly of said receiving openings and radially inwardly of said notched sections to reduce weight and centrifuigal force such that an increase in a maximum principal stress is minimized.