Assembly with riveted components
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorNoah Kee
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Abstract
A torque converter assembly including a hub and a housing at least partially surrounding the hub. The hub includes a hub body having a radially-inwardly extending circumferential slot defining a connection portion of the hub body, and a plurality of axially extending bores extending through the connection portion of the hub body to the circumferential slot. At least a portion of the housing is coupled to the hub with at least one rivet installed in a corresponding bore of the connection portion of the hub body.
Claims13
A torque converter assembly comprising:
- a hub;
- and
- a housing at least partially surrounding the hub;
- wherein the hub includes a hub body having a radially-inwardly extending circumferential slot defining a connection portion of the hub body, and a plurality of axially extending bores extending through the connection portion of the hub body to the circumferential slot;
- and
- wherein at least a portion of the housing is coupled to the hub with at least one rivet installed in a corresponding bore of the connection portion of the hub body.
A hub for a torque converter comprising:
- a hub body having a radially-inwardly extending circumferential slot defining a connection portion of the hub body;
- and
- a plurality of axially extending bores extending through the connection portion of the hub body to the circumferential slot;
- wherein an axial end face of the hub body within the circumferential slot defines an upset surface against which a tail of a rivet can be compressed to deform the rivet tail within the circumferential slot.
A method of assembling a torque converter assembly comprising:
- positioning at least a portion of a housing of the torque converter assembly adjacent a hub of the torque converter assembly, the hub including a hub body having a radially-inwardly extending circumferential slot defining a connection portion of the hub body, and a plurality of axially extending bores extending through the connection portion of the hub body to the circumferential slot;
- installing at least one rivet in a corresponding bore of the connection portion of the hub body;
- and
- pressing a tail of the at least one rivet against an axial end face of the hub body to upset the tail of the at least one rivet within the circumferential slot;
- whereby the at least a portion of the housing is coupled to the hub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.