Stamped centering plate
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsRolf A. Mueller, Randy L. Keller
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Abstract
The invention relates to a stamped centering plate (10) for a torque converter with a first annular surface (12) having at least one arcuate slot (16), a second annular surface (14) opposite the first annular surface, and at least one arcuate segment (20) axially protruding downward from the second annular surface. The slot has an inner radius and an outer radius, the segment has an inner radius and an outer radius, and at least one of the slot radii is equal to at least one of the segment radii. In an example embodiment of the invention, the segment comprises material displaced to form the slot.
Claims10
A stamped centering plate for a torque converter comprising:
- a first annular surface;
- at least one arcuate slot in the first annular surface;
- a second annular surface opposite the first annular surface;
- and,
- at least one arcuate segment axially protruding from the second annular surface, wherein the slot has an inner radius and an outer radius, the segment has an inner radius and an outer radius, and at least one of the slot radii is equal to at least one of the segment radii.
A method of forming a centering plate for a torque converter comprising the steps of:
- blanking an annular disk;
- and,
- axially displacing an arcuate segment having an inner radius and an outer radius out of the disk, wherein at least one of the inner radius or the outer radius is equal to a radius of a slot formed in the disk by the displaced segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.