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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2009
William Brees, Akron, OH (US);
William Brees, Akron, OH (US);
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A one way clutch arranged for coupling a transmission having a stator shaft to a torque converter stator including a hub having an outer circumferential edge having a first wall extending perpendicularly therefrom and an inner circumferential edge having a hub spline arranged thereon, the first wall having at least one hub slot, and each of the at least one hub slot has a first length, a substantially cylindrical spring ring having a second wall, the second wall including at least one spring ring slot and at least one spring ring tab arranged adjacent to an open end of the at least one spring ring slot and forming at least a portion of an edge of the at least one spring ring slot, each of the at least one spring ring slot has a second length greater than the first length, the at least one hub slot in registered alignment with the at least one spring ring slot and the at least one spring ring tab arranged within and adjacent to the at least one hub slot and extends radially therethrough and a tab plate having a circumferential edge having at least one tab plate tab extending radially therefrom, the tab plate arranged axially and rotationally displaceable relative to the hub and the spring ring, the at least one tab plate tab is arranged within the at least one hub slot and/or the at least one spring ring slot.