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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2022
Applicant:
Exedy Globalparts Corporation, Belleville, MI (US);
Inventor:
Hanjun He, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Exedy GlobalParts Corporation, Belleville, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0205 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0294 (2013.01);
Abstract
A torque converter having a shell formed by a front cover assembly and a rear cover. The front cover assembly further includes a front cover and a front boss, with the front boss being fixedly mounted to the front cover. The torque converter further including an impeller, a turbine located within the shell, a lock-up clutch and a piston. The piston being axially moveable relative to the front cover assembly along a central axis of the torque converter. A leaf spring, positioned between the piston and the front cover assembly, connects the piston to the front cover assembly.