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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies Gmbh & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventors:
Gregory Blough, Wooster, OH (US);
Jed Acker, Shreve, OH (US);
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 13/64 (2006.01); F16H 45/02 (2006.01); F16D 69/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 13/64 (2013.01); F16D 13/644 (2013.01); F16H 45/02 (2013.01); F16D 2069/004 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0278 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0289 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0294 (2013.01); Y10T 156/10 (2015.01);
Abstract
A clutch plate for a torque converter is provided. The clutch plate includes a core plate and a friction material layer fixed to the core plate. The friction material layer includes an inner radial portion of a first thickness and an outer radial portion of a second thickness less than the first thickness. The friction material layer includes radially extending channels defined therein extending from an inner circumference of the inner radial portion to the outer radial portion. A method for forming a clutch plate is also provided.