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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2020
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventors:
Craig McBurney, Wooster, OH (US);
Justin Persinger, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & CO. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/02 (2012.01); F16B 35/04 (2006.01); F16H 57/031 (2012.01); F16B 35/06 (2006.01); F16H 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/031 (2013.01); F16B 35/06 (2013.01); F16H 45/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A torque converter in a vehicle includes a cover for the torque converter, wherein the cover includes a front surface and a back surface and a stud including a head and an end with a shaft therebetween passing through an opening of a flex plate, wherein the head includes a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface include an annular projection penetrating the front surface of the cover and the bottom surface is adjacent the shaft.