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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Magna International, Troy, MI (US);
Inventors:
Guobin Yin, Richmond Hills, CA (US);
Markus Schuiki, Eibiswald, AT;
Markus Reiterer, Gleisdorf, AT;
Alexander Dietrich, Sulztal, AT;
Assignee:
MAGNA INTERNATIONAL, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/30 (2006.01); B23K 11/26 (2006.01); F16F 15/12 (2006.01); F16D 3/77 (2006.01); F16D 1/068 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/30 (2013.01); B23K 11/26 (2013.01); F16D 3/77 (2013.01); F16F 15/1201 (2013.01); F16D 1/068 (2013.01); F16D 2250/0076 (2013.01); Y10T 74/1987 (2015.01);
Abstract
A two-piece flexplate assembly having a ring gear welded to a central plate using a capacitor discharge welding process. The weld is established between a joining structure defined between the ring gear and the central plate using either an overlap arrangement, a projection arrangement, or a chamfer arrangement.