Patent ID: 9651128
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: F16H

Claim:
1. A thrust assembly for a torque converter comprising: a drivable mating component; and a thrust washer connected to the drivable mating component, the thrust washer including a thrust surface on a first axial side thereof and at least two axial contact surfaces on a second axial side thereof opposite the first axial side, the at least two axial contact surfaces configured for axially contacting an axial contact surface of a first axial side of the drivable mating component, the at least two axial contact surfaces including at least a first axial contact surface at a first axial distance from the thrust surface and a second axial contact surface at a second axial distance from the thrust surface, the first and second axial contact surfaces configured for contacting the axial contact surface of the drivable mating component so as to vary an effective height of the thrust surface with respect to the drivable mating component such that the effective height is a first value when the first axial contact surface contacts the axial contact surface of the drivable mating component and the effective height is a second value different from the first value when the second axial contact surface contacts the axial contact surface of the drivable mating component.