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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2019
Applicant:

Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;

Inventors:

Rashid Farahati, Copley, OH (US);

Jeffrey Krause, Doylestown, OH (US);

Christine Malott, Ashland, OH (US);

Prasanna Gurumurthy, Wooster, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2006.01); F16H 41/28 (2006.01); F16D 69/00 (2006.01); F16D 69/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 41/28 (2013.01); F16H 45/02 (2013.01); F16D 2069/004 (2013.01); F16D 2069/0466 (2013.01); F16H 2041/285 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0278 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0289 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0294 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49321 (2015.01);
Abstract

A torque converter, including: a cover arranged to receive torque; an impeller including an impeller shell fixedly connected to the cover and including a first surface; a first plurality of blades fixedly connected to the impeller shell; a turbine including a turbine shell with a second surface; a second plurality of blades fixedly connected to the turbine shell; friction material bonded, with an adhesive, to one of the first surface or the second surface; and a stator connected to the turbine and the impeller and including a third plurality of blades. The one of the first surface or the second surface includes a periodic pattern etched into the one of the first surface or the second surface.


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