Inventors:
Robert R. By - New Baltimore MI
Theodore E. Hojna - Sterling Heights MI
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI
International Classification:
F01D 530
Abstract:
A torque converter turbine has a plastic bladed element molded around a sintered iron hub to form a substantially semi-toroidal structure. The hub provides ribs, apertures through the hub, and channels in which the plastic bladed element is disposed. Having the bladed element and hub thus engaged allows the bladed element and hub to sustain high torsional and axial loads at elevated temperatures without separating.