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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2011
Aliihasan Karamavruc, Wooster, OH (US);
Patrick M. Lindemann, Wooster, OH (US);
Paul Dougall, Copley, OH (US);
Rashid Farahati, Copley, OH (US);
Larry Chad Boigegrain, Copley, OH (US);
Michael Clason, Wooster, OH (US);
Layton Broome, Wooster, OH (US);
Chad Mieczkowski, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Nathan Yensho, Norton, OH (US);
David C. Avins, Burbank, OH (US);
Aliihasan Karamavruc, Wooster, OH (US);
Patrick M. Lindemann, Wooster, OH (US);
Paul Dougall, Copley, OH (US);
Rashid Farahati, Copley, OH (US);
Larry Chad Boigegrain, Copley, OH (US);
Michael Clason, Wooster, OH (US);
Layton Broome, Wooster, OH (US);
Chad Mieczkowski, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Nathan Yensho, Norton, OH (US);
David C. Avins, Burbank, OH (US);
Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A torque converter, including: a cover; a first through bore for receiving a transmission input shaft; a clutch including a piston plate; a plurality of fasteners connected to the cover; and a plate connected to the cover. The plate includes a radially aligned wall including a plurality of openings in which the plurality of fasteners is disposed; a second through bore at least partially aligned, in an axial direction, with the first through bore; and a plurality fins extending from the radially aligned wall in the axial direction. Each fin includes a first end aligned with the first and second through bores in the axial direction. Each fin includes a second end disposed radially within the plurality of openings. A space, aligned with an axis of rotation for the torque converter and the second through bore, is formed between the respective first ends.