Automatic hub clutch

Details Automatic hub clutch Automatic hub clutch

1980-05-23

1983-11-15

Krizmanich, George H.

192 clutches and power-stop control

Clutches

Torque responsive

192 93A, F16D 4320

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044150733

ABSTRACT:
An automatic hub clutch for the front wheels of a four-wheel drive vehicle which enables said wheels to automatically become engaged or disengaged from the front axle shaft when the transfer case of the vehicle is shifted to the required operating mode. The hub clutch comprises a plurality of gears the engagement of which is carried out through a control assembly that includes a control plate which forces a plurality of ball members over a cam surface for compressing a spring member to move the gear members into engagement with one another. The gear members are moved out of engagement under the action of a spring when the ball members are moved over the cam surface in the opposite direction.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3005599 (1961-10-01), Padelt
patent: 3129797 (1964-04-01), Orcutt et al.
patent: 3217847 (1965-11-01), Petrak
patent: 4262785 (1981-04-01), Anderson et al.
patent: 4269294 (1981-05-01), Kelbel
patent: 4282959 (1981-08-01), Schachner

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