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US 2014/0271040 A1Published application
Balanced snap ring
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsBoris Burgman, Jonathan Tyler Caulton
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Abstract
A balanced snap ring and method of making a balanced snap ring is disclosed. The snap ring has a circular shape wherein the circular shape has a circumference. The snap ring has a body section and a protrusion extending axially from the body section. The protrusion is formed partially around the circumference. Additionally, a transmission with a balanced snap ring is disclosed.
Claims18
A snap ring having a circular shape, the circular shape having a circumference, the snap ring comprising:
- a body section;
- at least one protrusion extending axially from the body section, the protrusion formed partially around the circumference.
A method of balancing a snap ring comprising:
- providing a snap ring having a body and at least one protrusion extending axially from body;
- determining the actual center of gravity of the snap ring;
- comparing the actual center of gravity to a desired center of gravity;
- calculating the amount and location of the protrusion that must be removed from the snap ring so that the actual center of gravity is the desired center of gravity;
- removing at least part of the protrusion in the axial direction so that the actual center of gravity is the desired center of gravity.
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A transmission comprising;
- a housing having an inner diameter, and a circumferential groove in the inner diameter;
- a component in the housing;
- and
- a snap ring having a circular shape, the circular shape having a circumference, the snap ring having a body section and at least one protrusion extending axially from the body section, the protrusion formed partially around the circumference.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.