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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2014
Applicants:
Schaeffler Technologies Gmbh & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Schaeffler Group Usa, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Inventor:
Aditya Dattawadkar, Wooster, OH (US);
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co., KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 41/26 (2006.01); F16H 41/28 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 25/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 41/28 (2013.01); F01D 9/042 (2013.01); F01D 25/28 (2013.01); F16H 41/26 (2013.01); F16H 2041/285 (2013.01);
Abstract
A core ring for a torque converter comprising: an annular body portion including an inner concave surface, an outer convex surface, an inner circumferential edge, and an outer circumferential edge; a plurality of blade tab slots for receiving a plurality of blades; and at least one positioning element including material protruding axially inward from the inner concave surface to form a tip of the positioning element for aligning a stator. A method for installing a torque converter onto a transmission is also provided.