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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventor:
Scott Schrader, Canton, OH (US);
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 41/28 (2006.01); F16H 45/02 (2006.01); F16H 41/04 (2006.01); F16H 41/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2013.01); F16H 41/04 (2013.01); F16H 41/28 (2013.01); F16H 41/24 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0205 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0231 (2013.01);
Abstract
A torque converter turbine core ring is provided. The turbine core ring includes a plurality of arc sections having an inner circumference and an outer circumference and a plurality of weakened sections connecting the arc sections to each other. The weakened sections each having a lesser strength than each of the arc sections. A torque converter turbine, a torque converter and a method of forming a torque converter turbine are also provided.