Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co .kg

Keith Spore

David Lewis

Randy Keller

A blade assembly for a torque converter includes a shell extending annularly about an axis and defining an inner surface and a plurality of blades arranged around the inner surface of the shell. The plurality of blades each include a curved portion contacting the inner surface. The plurality of blades each further include a brace including a first leg and a second leg each extending circumferentially from the curved portion relative to the axis. The second leg is radially spaced from the first leg relative to the axis. The plurality of blades each further include a tab disposed radially between the first leg and the second leg relative to the axis. The tab extends axially from the curved portion relative to the axis.

Torque converter blade assembly with braced tab

A torque converter drive plate, comprising a drive stud that includes a head, and a drive plate that includes a single continuous layer of material extending from a front of the drive plate, around a radial surface of the drive plate, and to a back of the drive plate, wherein the drive stud is secured into a hole of the drive plate, wherein the back of the drive plate covers the head and is in contact with a surface of the head.

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Wooster, OH, United States of America

Keith Spore