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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Accel Performance Group Llc, Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventor:
Ross Alan McCombs, Ottummwa, IA (US);
Assignee:
Accel Performance Group LLC, Bowling Green, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 22/14 (2006.01); B23K 26/20 (2014.01); F16H 55/12 (2006.01); F16F 15/30 (2006.01); F16D 1/076 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 55/12 (2013.01); B21D 22/14 (2013.01); B23K 26/20 (2013.01); F16D 1/076 (2013.01); F16F 15/30 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49462 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49465 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49467 (2015.01); Y10T 74/19865 (2015.01); Y10T 74/19916 (2015.01);
Abstract
Embodiments include a modular flex plate assembly with a plurality of modular segments connectable with at least another modular segment by joining a first end of one modular segment to a second end of another modular segment to form a ring gear. The ring gear can be mounted to a substrate and mounted or fastened to a component of an engine or a transmission system. A plurality of securing devices can cooperatively engage the ring gear to a substrate, such that the gear teeth of the ring gear align with the perimeter edge of the substrate.