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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2010
William Brees, Bay Village, OH (US);
Philip George, Wooster, OH (US);
Michael Van Sickle, Akron, OH (US);
Edward Pasho, Smithville, OH (US);
William Brees, Bay Village, OH (US);
Philip George, Wooster, OH (US);
Michael Van Sickle, Akron, OH (US);
Edward Pasho, Smithville, OH (US);
Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A torque converter including a cover, a turbine pump in fluid contact with the turbine, and a pump shell connected to the cover. The torque converter includes a pump hub connected to the pump shell such that the pump shell and the pump hub are fixed with respect to rotation. The pump hub also includes a portion with a distal end having a plurality of indentations and a plurality of sloped surfaces in contact with the plurality of indentations. The plurality of sloped surfaces is arranged to receive a plurality of protrusions for a transmission pump gear and to urge the pump hub or the pump gear into rotational motion to urge the plurality of protrusions into mating engagement with the plurality of indentations.