Patent ID: 7908849

Claim:
A stator shell for a hydrodynamic torque converter ( 1 ), comprising: first and second components ( 20 , 22 ) including first and second outer ring devices, respectively; and, first and second pluralities of blades ( 32 , 34 ), wherein the first and second components ( 20 , 22 ) are produced separately from one another, wherein the first component includes the first plurality of blades and the second component includes the second plurality of blades, wherein the first and second pluralities of blades are located radially inward of the first and second outer ring elements, respectively, wherein said first and second components ( 20 , 22 ) are fixed to one another and disposed relative to one another, so that the first and second pluralities of blades ( 32 , 34 ) of are disposed respectively offset relative to one another in a circumferential direction forming gaps provided in said circumferential direction extending about a central axis of the stator shell ( 2 ), wherein each blade of said first and second pluralities of blades ( 32 , 34 ) is configured as an integral component between its respective leading edge and its respective trailing edge, so that said each blade ( 32 , 34 ) is integrally formed as part of one of the first or second components ( 20 or 22 ), and wherein a portion of at least one blade from the first plurality of blades extends axially beyond the second outer ring device.