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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies Gmbh & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventor:
John Volcansek, Medina, OH (US);
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/04 (2006.01); F16H 41/24 (2006.01); B23P 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 41/24 (2013.01); B23P 11/00 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49863 (2015.01);
Abstract
A cover assembly for a torque converter includes a front cover and a drive plate connected to an outer surface of the front cover for coupling to the front cover to an engine crankshaft. The drive plate includes elastic preloading elements pressing against the outer surface of the front cover. A method of forming a cover assembly for a torque converter includes fixing a drive plate to an outer surface of a front cover of the torque converter such that elastic preloading elements of the drive plate press against the outer surface and are compressed.