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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Allison Transmission, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Jezrah Horen, Fairland, IN (US);
Michael Rietdorf, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
ALLISON TRANSMISSION, INC., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2006.01); F16D 13/70 (2006.01); F16D 25/0638 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2013.01); F16D 13/70 (2013.01); F16D 25/0638 (2013.01); F16D 2300/22 (2013.01); F16H 2045/021 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0221 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0284 (2013.01);
Abstract
A torque converter assembly that has a turbine assembly, a pump assembly, and a clutch assembly that selectively rotationally couples the turbine assembly to the pump assembly. The clutch assembly also has at least one clutch disk and a backing plate assembly defining a backing plate surface and formed by a first plate and a second plate coupled to one another. The first plate and the second plate are coupled to each other at a first radius and a second radius, the second radius being substantially adjacent to the backing plate surface.