Patent ID: 8172537

Claim:
A stator for a torque converter, comprising: a roller one-way clutch including: an outer race with first and second oppositely facing radially disposed sides; a first plate in contact with the first radially disposed side; and, a second plate, separate from the first plate, in contact with the second radially disposed side and in contact with the first radially disposed plate such that rotation of the first plate is fixed to rotation of the second plate; an inner ring having a plurality of first openings and rotationally connected to the roller one-way clutch; an outer ring having a plurality of second openings; and, a plurality of extruded blades having respective first and second ends, wherein for each blade in said plurality of blades said first end is disposed in a respective first opening and arranged to fix said each blade with respect to said inner ring in a first radial direction and said second end is disposed in a respective second opening and arranged to fix said each blade with respect to said outer ring in a second radial direction.