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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies Gmbh & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventors:
Patrick Lindemann, Wooster, OH (US);
Chad Mieczkowski, Avon, OH (US);
Brian Zaugg, Millersburg, OH (US);
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2006.01); F16F 15/134 (2006.01); F16F 15/133 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2013.01); F16F 15/133 (2013.01); F16F 15/1343 (2013.01); F16F 15/13484 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0205 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0231 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0247 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0278 (2013.01);
Abstract
A piston plate assembly for a torque converter comprising: an aperture including a chamfer portion; and, a bushing installed in the aperture and including a radius portion proximate the chamfer portion, wherein the bushing is arranged to seal the piston directly to a transmission input shaft and the radius portion is arranged to ease assembly of the bushing onto the input shaft.