Clutch plate anti-rattle feature
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorNicholas Wurst
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Abstract
A torque converter includes a front cover arranged to receive a torque and a lock-up clutch engaged with the front cover. The lock-up clutch includes a reaction plate, a clutch plate, and an anti-rattle plate. The reaction plate is fixed to the front cover and includes a plurality of windows circumferentially spaced from each other. The clutch plate includes a plurality of tabs each engaged with the reaction plate via one respective window. The anti-rattle plate is fixed relative to the front cover and engaged with each of the plurality of tabs in the corresponding windows.
Claims20
A torque converter, comprising:
- a front cover arranged to receive a torque;
- a lock-up clutch engaged with the front cover, the lock-up clutch including:
- a reaction plate fixed to the front cover, the reaction plate including a plurality of windows circumferentially spaced from each other;
- a clutch plate including a plurality of tabs each being engaged with the reaction plate via one respective window;
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- an anti-rattle plate fixed relative to the front cover and engaged with each tab in the corresponding windows.
A method for assembling a torque converter, comprising:
- providing a front cover defining a cavity;
- inserting a clutch plate into the cavity, wherein the clutch plate includes a plurality of tabs;
- providing a reaction plate including a plurality of windows circumferentially spaced from each other;
- coupling the clutch plate to the reaction plate by inserting each of the tabs into one respective window;
- aligning an anti-rattle plate relative to the reaction plate;
- pressing the anti-rattle plate into the cavity;
- rotating the anti-rattle plate relative to the reaction plate to compress the tabs against the reaction plate in the respective windows;
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- fixing the anti-rattle plate relative to the front cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.