Patent ID: 8894375

Claim:
A blade for a stator in a torque converter, comprising: a first blade segment connected to first inner and outer circumferential sections; a second blade segment, separately formed from the first blade segment, connected to second inner and outer circumferential sections, and including: first and second radially disposed sides connected to the first inner and outer circumferential sections; a first radially disposed end connecting the first and second radially disposed sides; and, a second radially disposed end connecting the first and second radially disposed sides; and, a channel, wherein: a first line, oriented only in a circumferential direction: passes through the first radially disposed end or is co-linear with the first radially disposed end; passes through in sequence: the channel, the second radially disposed side, and the first radially disposed side; and, a second line, oriented only in the circumferential direction, passes through in sequence: the first radially disposed side, the second radially disposed side, the channel, the second radially disposed side and the first radially disposed side.