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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald J Fergle, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Erlen B Walton, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
James M Brown, Allen Park, MI (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 46 ; 60345 ; 192 451 ; 192 691 ;
Abstract
A one-way clutch assembly (15) including a planar drive member (57) and a planar driven member (25, 27) defining driven pockets (33), and a pawl (55) disposed in each driven pocket. A one-piece spring assembly (45) is disposed adjacent the driven plate (27) and includes a spring member (49) in biasing engagement with each of the pawls (55). In one embodiment, the drive member (57) is molded integrally with an annular stator hub (19) of a torque converter stator (13).