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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventor:
Aditya Dattawadkar, Wooster, OH (US);
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 41/28 (2006.01); F01D 5/02 (2006.01); F16H 45/02 (2006.01); F01D 5/03 (2006.01); F16F 15/123 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 41/28 (2013.01); F01D 5/02 (2013.01); F01D 5/03 (2013.01); F16H 45/02 (2013.01); F16F 15/12353 (2013.01); F16H 2041/285 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0226 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0263 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0294 (2013.01);
Abstract
A torque converter impeller or turbine is provided. The torque converter impeller or turbine includes a plurality of blades and a shell including a rounded portion defining an annular bowl for receiving the blades on an interior surface of the shell. The interior surface of the shell is provided with at least one shell protrusion for each of the blades protruding away from the rounded portion. Each of the at least one shell protrusion contacts a radially extending circumferentially facing surface of the respective blade.