ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,438, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to DANA BELGIUM N.V. (Bruges, Belgium).
"One-way clutch layout for torque convertor" was invented by Kurt Cattoor (Bruges, Belgium), Joachim Van Dingenen (Bruges, Belgium) and Filip Schacht (Bruges, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present document relates to a support assembly for a torque converter reaction member, comprising a support member comprising an indentation and a shoulder portion, a retention member partially received in the indentation of the support member, at least one one-way clutch disposed on the support member and defining a rotation axis, and a sleeve member supporte...