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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
John Edward Brevick, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 41/26 (2006.01); F16H 41/28 (2006.01); F16H 61/56 (2006.01); B22D 25/02 (2006.01); B23P 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 41/28 (2013.01); B22D 25/02 (2013.01); F16H 41/26 (2013.01); F16H 61/56 (2013.01); B23P 15/04 (2013.01); F16H 2041/285 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a variable pitch torque converter stator includes positioning a framework, including an outer ring, a plurality of blades, a plurality of pivot members, and a plurality of actuation members, so the pivot members are seated in a stator body and the actuation members are coupled to a stator piston, with the pivot and actuation members being non-rotatably coupled to opposite ends of corresponding blades. The method includes removing the outer ring from the framework.