US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on July 21 for "Double spline ring adapter for torque converter testing" (Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,462, issued on July 21, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Double spline ring adapter for torque converter testing" was invented by Andres Cuevas (Puebla, Mexico), Diego Alejandro Ledesma (Puebla, Mexico) and Juan Pablo Cazares (Puebla, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spline adapter assembly for connecting a torque converter one-way clutch to a shaft for testing. The spline adapter assembly includes an inner race ring including a radially outer roller body contact surface and a radially inner interface surface, and an adapter having a radially outer interface surface that is comple...