ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,152, issued on May 27, was assigned to Allison Transmission Inc. (Indianapolis).
"Torque converter" was invented by Derek Steele (Coatesville, Ind.) and Kok Chian Ng (Whitestown, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque converter, which may be found in an automotive transmission, is provided. In some examples, the torque converter includes a shell that extends about an axis of rotation, a core that extends about the axis of rotation, and a plurality of curved blades that extend contactedly from the shell to the core. At least one blade of the plurality of curved blades may include a non-ruled surface. The at least one blade of th...