Patents by Inventor Jed ACKER

Jed ACKER 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).

  • Method of forming torque converter stator
    Patent number: 9927015
    Abstract: A method of forming a stator for a torque converter is provided. The method includes casting a stator casting to include a body and blades on an outer circumferential surface of the body. The body includes excess material at an axial surface thereof. The method also includes machining the excess material to balance the stator casting. A torque converter is also provided. The torque converter includes a turbine, an impeller and a stator axially between the turbine and the impeller. The stator includes a stator casting including a body and blades on an outer circumferential surface of the body. The body includes a material segment at an axial surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthew Smith, Jeremy Jewell, Timothy Hess, Jed Acker
  • METHOD OF FORMING TORQUE CONVERTER STATOR
    Publication number: 20170159782
    Abstract: A method of forming a stator for a torque converter is provided. The method includes casting a stator casting to include a body and blades on an outer circumferential surface of the body. The body includes excess material at an axial surface thereof. The method also includes machining the excess material to balance the stator casting. A torque converter is also provided. The torque converter includes a turbine, an impeller and a stator axially between the turbine and the impeller. The stator includes a stator casting including a body and blades on an outer circumferential surface of the body. The body includes a material segment at an axial surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew SMITH, Jeremy JEWELL, Timothy HESS, Jed ACKER
  • Clutch plate with simulated friction material segments
    Patent number: 9523394
    Abstract: A clutch plate for a torque converter is provided. The clutch plate includes a core plate and a friction material layer fixed to the core plate. The friction material layer includes an inner radial portion of a first thickness and an outer radial portion of a second thickness less than the first thickness. The friction material layer includes radially extending channels defined therein extending from an inner circumference of the inner radial portion to the outer radial portion. A method for forming a clutch plate is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gregory Blough, Jed Acker
  • CLUTCH PLATE WITH SIMULATED FRICTION MATERIAL SEGMENTS
    Publication number: 20150107951
    Abstract: A clutch plate for a torque converter is provided. The clutch plate includes a core plate and a friction material layer fixed to the core plate. The friction material layer includes an inner radial portion of a first thickness and an outer radial portion of a second thickness less than the first thickness. The friction material layer includes radially extending channels defined therein extending from an inner circumference of the inner radial portion to the outer radial portion. A method for forming a clutch plate is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory BLOUGH, Jed ACKER