US Patent Issued to SUPERIOR TRANSMISSION PARTS on Aug. 4 for "Apparatuses and methods for improving automotive transmission converter rear side pressure" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,828, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SUPERIOR TRANSMISSION PARTS INC. (Tallahassee, Fla.).

"Apparatuses and methods for improving automotive transmission converter rear side pressure" was invented by Dean Mason (Tallahassee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Three operational defects in the 8L series transmission, individually or in combination, produce a shudder complaint and potentially damage the torque converter. An incorrectly ported torque converter control valve is corrected by increasing length of an undersized third land to prevent mixing of three adjacent flow channels and a loss of lockup apply pressure. Start time of a...