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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventor:
Sagar Adari, Wooster, OH (US);
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 33/00 (2006.01); F16D 3/12 (2006.01); F16H 45/02 (2006.01); F16F 15/00 (2006.01); F16H 41/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/12 (2013.01); F16F 15/00 (2013.01); F16H 41/24 (2013.01); F16H 45/02 (2013.01); F16D 2250/0084 (2013.01); F16D 2300/12 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0221 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0231 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0278 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a damper assembly is provided. The method includes providing springs into an interior space of a spring retainer such that the springs circumferentially contact carrier pins; compressing the springs via the carrier pins into a preloaded orientation; providing tabs in the interior space of the spring retainer such that each of the tabs is between two of the carrier pins; and removing the carrier pins such that the tabs hold the springs in the preloaded orientation. A damper assembly and a torque converter are also provided.