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US 8,025,136 B2Granted
Torque converter damper flange with turbine centering feature
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorAdam Uhler
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Abstract
A torque converter including a turbine, an output shaft, and a damper having at least one cover plate radially fixed to the turbine, a flange driven by the damper and non-rotatably connected to the output shaft, the flange having an axially extending surface centering the cover plate.
Claims8
A torque converter comprising:
- a turbine;
- an output shaft;
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- a damper having at least one cover plate radially fixed to the turbine;
- a flange driven by the damper and non-rotatably connected to the output shaft, the flange having an axially extending surface centering the cover plate, wherein the flange has a U-shaped section, one leg of the U-shaped section having the axially extending surface, and the other leg having splines for connection to the output shaft, wherein the cover plate and the turbine are centered on the flange at the axially extending surface, the cover plate having a complimentary bended surface with the flange and a radially inner portion extending below the axially extending surface in a radial direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.