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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1999
Jason Frisch, Plymouth, MI (US);
Henry L Stewart, Jr., Southgate, MI (US);
David E Spieth, Canton, MI (US);
Matthew Svoboda, Fowlerville, MI (US);
David Rygiel, Howell, MI (US);
David A. Salvatori, South Lyon, MI (US);
Michael Bowen, Hickory Corners, MI (US);
Thaddeus S Zaydel, Waterford, MI (US);
Timothy A Puente, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A self-locking, twist & lock, system for attachment of an engine flexplate to a torque converter mounting plate including a plurality of lugs carried on the end surface of the torque converter mounting plate in a circumferentially spaced-apart relationship to one another. A snap-lock spring retainer is releasably secured to each of the lugs. The flexplate has a plurality of retainer receivers in a circumferentially spaced-apart relation identical to the placement of the lugs. Each of the retainer receivers defining a retainer bar segment and openings for receiving the lugs and spring retainers. Each spring retainer has a flexible head portion adapted to engage a corresponding retainer bar segment to secure the plates together.