Patent ID: 9360100
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: B21D,F16H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A bellhousing for connecting an engine to a transmission, each having a mounting surface, the bellhousing comprising: a cone having an axis, a wide end, and a narrow end, the cone formed by deforming a spinning sheet of metal into a mold using an internal spin forming process which asserts a force to the spinning sheet of metal, such force applied along the inner surface of the sheet of metal as it is formed into a cone; a flange formed from the spinning sheet and integral to the cone, extending from the wide end of the cone normal to the axis; a transmission plate affixed onto the narrow end of the cone; and a pattern of holes machined into the flange and transmission plate, the pattern of holes being indexed to an engine and transmission.