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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2014
Schaeffler Technologies Gmbh & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Kunding Wang, Copley, OH (US);
Larry Chad Boigegrain, Copley, OH (US);
Srinath Sistla, Wooster, OH (US);
Matthew Smith, Wooster, OH (US);
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
An impeller for a motor vehicle torque converter is provided. The impeller includes an impeller shell including blade supporting portions and fluid flow receiving portions between the blade supporting portions, the blade supporting portions being thicker than the fluid flow receiving portions; and a plurality of impeller blades, each of the impeller blades being connected to one of the blade supporting portions at an inner surface of the impeller shell. A method for forming an impeller of a torque converter is also provided.