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Francois Baert

Alexandre Depraete

Rabah Arhab

Sungchul Lee

Alfonso Medellin

A hydrokinetic torque coupling device comprises a turbine, a driven plate non-rotatably attached to the turbine, circumferentially oriented torque transmitting elastic elements, and a friction disc including peripheral, axially extending driving tabs. The driven plate includes circumferentially oriented centering slots such that the axially extending driving tabs of the friction disc protrude into the centering slots and engage the elastic elements. A method for assembling a hydrokinetic torque converter involves providing a driven plate including circumferentially oriented centering slots, elastic elements and a friction disc including peripheral axially extending driving tabs, mounting the friction disc and the elastic elements to the driven plate so that the driving tabs of the friction disc and the driven plate engage the elastic elements, and centering the friction disc with respect to the driven plate by protruding the driving tabs into the centering slots of the driven plate.

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Troy, MI, United States of America

Francois Baert