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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies Gmbh & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventor:
Nigel Gurney, Wooster, OH (US);
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 41/00 (2006.01); F16H 41/24 (2006.01); F16H 41/04 (2006.01); F16H 45/02 (2006.01); F16H 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 41/24 (2013.01); F16H 41/04 (2013.01); F16H 45/02 (2013.01); F16H 2045/007 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0226 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0294 (2013.01);
Abstract
An impeller for a torque converter comprising: an axis of rotation; an impeller shell comprising: a torus portion; a radial wall portion; an elbow portion; an interior portion; and, an axially extending necked portion, extending about the axis of rotation and into the interior portion, having: a first circumferential surface; and, a second circumferential surface.