Torque converter installation assist
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorJohn D. Soroka
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Abstract
An automatic transmission assembly includes a torque converter drivably engaged with a transmission. The torque converter has an impeller with a hub. The hub has an exterior surface, a hub end face, and a first chamfered edge between the exterior surface and the hub end face. A gear has an axial opening, a gear end face, and a second chamfered edge between the axial opening and the gear end face. First and second extensions extend from the second chamfered edge. The first and second extensions extend in a direction normal to the second chamfered edge. During indexing of the torque converter, the first and second extensions contact the first chamfered edge.
Claims20
A transmission assembly comprising:
- a torque converter having an impeller having a hub with a first chamfered edge between an exterior surface and a first end face;
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- a gear mounted in a transmission and on the hub and having a second chamfered edge between an interior surface defining an axial opening and a second end face, and circumferentially spaced extensions extending in a normal direction from the second chamfered edge.
A transmission assembly comprising:
- a torque converter drivably engaged with a transmission, the torque converter having an impeller with a hub, wherein the hub has a first chamfered edge between an exterior surface and a hub end face;
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- a gear having a second chamfered edge between an interior surface defining an axial opening and a gear end face, and circumferentially spaced extensions extending from the second chamfered edge in a direction normal to the second chamfered edge and contacting the first chamfered edge prior to indexing of the torque converter.
A transmission assembly comprising:
- a torque converter having an impeller having a hub with a first chamfered edge between an exterior surface and a first end face;
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- a gear mounted in a transmission and on the hub and having a second chamfered edge between an interior surface defining an axial opening and a second end face, and circumferentially spaced extensions extending in a normal direction from the second chamfered edge, wherein the extensions are oval domes.
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