Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co .kg

William Norton

Natalie Allen

Jorge Arturo Martinez Torres

A torque converter a cover arranged to receive torque for rotation about an axis; an impeller non-rotatably connected to the cover; a lock-up clutch including a piston; a turbine that includes a turbine shell and a turbine hub, the turbine hub comprising: a first plate to which the turbine shell is non-rotatably connected; a second plate axially adjacent to the first plate and non-rotatably connected thereto, the second plate defining a plurality of apertures that are circumferentially offset from each other; and a third plate non-rotatably connected to the second plate and positioned axially adjacent thereto, such that the second plate is positioned axially between the first and third plates, the third plate defining a plurality of ports that are circumferentially offset from each other and are aligned with the corresponding plurality of apertures defined by the second plate.

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Fairview Park, OH, United States of America

William Norton