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US 7,478,719 B2Granted
Core plate structure
AssigneeBorgWarner Inc.
InventorRichard Voegele
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Abstract
The invention concerns a segmented core plate for a disc. In accordance with the invention, provision is made for the core plate to be composed of multiple, especially two, segmented core plate discs, wherein segments of adjacent core plate discs are arranged offset relative to one another. An adhesive method, a welding method, or riveting are proposed for manufacturing the core plate or the disc.
Claims8
A core plate structure comprising:
- a first core plate disc having three or more segments having a recess and a projection at each end of said three or more segments forming complimentary shapes for interlocking together each of the three or more segments to form the first core plate disc;
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- a second core plate disc having three or more segments having a recess and a projection at each end of said three or more segments forming complimentary shapes for interlocking each of the three or more segments to form said second core plate disc, wherein said first core plate disc and said second core plate disc are connected together to form said core plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.