US 11,927,255 B1
Torque converter blade assembly
Baylor Hartzler, Wooster, OH (US)
Assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed by Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/110,491.
Int. Cl. F16H 41/26 (2006.01); F16H 41/24 (2006.01); F16H 41/28 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 41/26 (2013.01) [F16H 41/24 (2013.01); F16H 41/28 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blade assembly for a torque converter, comprising:
a shell defining an inner surface;
a plurality of blades arranged around the inner surface of the shell, the plurality of blades each including:
a curved portion contacting the inner surface;
a curved region axially spaced from the curved portion; and
an end extending from the curved portion to the curved region, the end including a notch arranged radially closer to the curved region than to the curved portion;
wherein a distance determined along the end from the curved portion to the notch is eighty percent of a distance determined along the end from the curved portion to the curved region.