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US 11,946,534 B1Granted
Closure for micro torque converter
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsErick Arturo Vazquez, Steven Olsen, Victor Alejandro Reyna
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Abstract
A torque converter assembly having a cover including a tubular body, and a pump including a shell. The shell of the pump is received in the tubular body of the cover, and the shell of the pump is joined to the cover with a circumferential weld. The tubular body of the cover can include a circumferentially extending groove, and the circumferential weld can be at least partially aligned in an axial direction with the groove.
Claims14
A torque converter assembly comprising:
- a cover including a tubular body;
- and
- a pump including a shell, a radially outermost surface of the shell defining a circumferentially extending flange;
- wherein the radially outermost surface of the shell of the pump is received in the tubular body of the cover;
- and
- wherein the shell of the pump is joined to the cover with a circumferential weld;
- wherein the circumferential weld extends between the flange and the tubular body of the cover;
- wherein a radially outer surface of the tubular body of the cover includes a circumferentially extending groove, and wherein the circumferential weld is at least partially aligned in an axial direction with the groove.
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A method of making a torque converter assembly, the method comprising:
- providing a cover including a tubular body having a circumferentially extending groove in a radially outer surface of the tubular body of the cover;
- providing a pump including a shell, a radially outermost surface of the shell defining a circumferentially extending flange;
- machining at least one of an inside diameter of the tubular body or the outer diameter of the shell of the pump;
- positioning the radially outermost surface of the shell of the pump in the tubular body of the cover;
- and
- joining the shell of the pump to the cover by welding to form a weld therebetween;
- wherein the circumferential weld extends between the flange and the tubular body of the cover and at least partially aligned in an axial direction with the groove.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.