US 11,788,612 B1
Torque converter cover to pilot assembly
Jose Cruz Vazquez Valdez, Wooster, OH (US); and Craig McBurney, Wooster, OH (US)
Assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed by Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/722,545.
Int. Cl. F16H 41/28 (2006.01); B23K 20/00 (2006.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 41/28 (2013.01) [B23K 20/002 (2013.01); B23K 2101/001 (2018.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of assembling a pilot to a torque converter cover, the method comprising:
providing the pilot having an annular projection in a connection region, the annular projection having an annular outer side surface and an annular inner side surface;
forming a torque converter cover of a torque converter with a complementary recess to the annular projection in a mating connection region;
positioning the pilot on the torque converter cover with the annular projection only partially received in the complementary recess, such that the annular outer side surface contacts the complementary recess and the annular inner side surface is free from contact with the complementary recess; and
applying force and energy to the pilot to weld the pilot to the torque converter cover.