Patent ID: 8499600
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of forming housing for use with a clutch assembly, comprises the steps of: forming an annular wall and a floor from a continuous sheet of metal, with said annular wall terminating at a flange disposed at an opposite end of said annular wall from said floor; forming a plurality of splines radially inwardly of said annular wall and said splines extending between said floor and said flange; and slotting said flange for defining a plurality of teeth in a distal end of said flange, then folding said flange radially inwardly forming a retainer defining a space between said retainer and said splines, with said teeth being circumferentially aligned with said splines formed in said annular wall securing a snap ring of the clutch assembly between said retainer and said splines.