Patents by Inventor Aliihasan Karamavruc

Aliihasan Karamavruc has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Torque converter with improved torque converter clutch performance
    Patent number: 8789669
    Abstract: A torque converter, including: a cover; a first through bore for receiving a transmission input shaft; a clutch including a piston plate; a plurality of fasteners connected to the cover; and a plate connected to the cover. The plate includes a radially aligned wall including a plurality of openings in which the plurality of fasteners is disposed; a second through bore at least partially aligned, in an axial direction, with the first through bore; and a plurality fins extending from the radially aligned wall in the axial direction. Each fin includes a first end aligned with the first and second through bores in the axial direction. Each fin includes a second end disposed radially within the plurality of openings. A space, aligned with an axis of rotation for the torque converter and the second through bore, is formed between the respective first ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Aliihasan Karamavruc, Patrick M. Lindemann, Paul Dougall, Rashid Farahati, Larry Chad Boigegrain, Michael Clason, Layton Broome, Chad Mieczkowski, Nathan Yensho, David C. Avins
  • TORQUE CONVERTER WITH IMPROVED TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20110315498
    Abstract: A torque converter, including: a cover; a first through bore for receiving a transmission input shaft; a clutch including a piston plate; a plurality of fasteners connected to the cover; and a plate connected to the cover. The plate includes a radially aligned wall including a plurality of openings in which the plurality of fasteners is disposed; a second through bore at least partially aligned, in an axial direction, with the first through bore; and a plurality fins extending from the radially aligned wall in the axial direction. Each fin includes a first end aligned with the first and second through bores in the axial direction. Each fin includes a second end disposed radially within the plurality of openings. A space, aligned with an axis of rotation for the torque converter and the second through bore, is formed between the respective first ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Aliihasan Karamavruc, Patrick M. Lindemann, Paul Dougall, Rashid Farahati, Larry Chad Boigegrain, Michael Clason, Layton Broome, Chad Mieczkowski, Nathan Yensho, David C. Avins