Patent ID: 9062751
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: B21J,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of connecting plates in a torque converter with a rivet, the torque converter including a front cover and first and second plates and the rivet including a body, a head, and a longitudinal axis passing through the body and the head, comprising: forming the head of the rivet: forming a first portion of an interior surface of the cover to: when the first portion of the interior surface of the cover indents with respect to a surrounding portion of the interior surface, forming the surrounding portion of the interior surface so that the surrounding portion does not protrude from the interior surface; disposing the body of the rivet in respective holes in respective portions of the first and second plates such that the end surface of the rivet head faces the front cover; displacing the first and second plates such that: