Engine/transmission rotary connection
CA 2103949 C · Owner: Pociask, Michael Brewer · Inventors: Ladd, Barry Lewis; Pociask, Michael Brewer
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
An engine output shaft and a transmission torque converter are connected for torque transmission therebetween. A flex plate is disposed between and, secured for rotation with either, the output shaft or the torque converter input shell. The flex plate includes an axially extending rim frictionally engaged with an annular wall secured either the output shaft or the torque converter input shell. A clamp member surrounds the rim on the flex plate radially outward of the annular wall and is selectively tightened to establish a force therein to cause the frictional engagement to be sufficient to transmit the torque.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed August 12, 1993 and granted December 23, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 12, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by August 12, 2015.
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