Patent ID: 7837564

Claim:
A hydraulic torque converter, comprising: a cover for the hydraulic torque converter; a pump for the hydraulic torque converter connected to the cover; a turbine for the hydraulic torque converter; and, a device for connecting the hydraulic torque converter cover to a flex plate of a drive unit, the device including a plurality of drive plates wherein: each drive plate of said plurality of drive plates is non-removably connected to the cover for said hydraulic torque converter by at least two respective circumferentially spaced non-removable fasteners; said each drive plate is connected to said flex plate; said each drive plate includes respective first and second outer edges curved with respect to a circumferential direction for the cover and circumferentially disposed between the at least two non-removable fasteners, the circumferential direction with respect to an axis of rotation for the torque converter; the first edge is radially inward of the second edge; and said each plate is axially disposed between the hydraulic torque converter and the flex plate.