192 clutches and power-stop control – Clutches – Torque responsive
Patent
1978-06-16
1980-12-09
Bonck, Rodney H.
192 clutches and power-stop control
Clutches
Torque responsive
192 67R, 192 93A, 403 1, B60B 2700, F16D 4320
Patent
active
042380146
ABSTRACT:
An automatic locking gear has been devised in which rapid, positive axial location and driving engagement is established between concentric driving and driven members through the agency of a clutch type actuator mechanism which is responsive to rotation of the driving member to be forced into intermeshing engagement with a complementary receiving member on the driven member. The actuator mechanism is characterized by including a spring-loaded compressible bearing arrangement which normally urges the actuator mechanism into a locked stationary position but will permit retraction of the actuator mechanism away from the locked position whenever torque is applied to the actuator mechanism so that the mechanism is free to travel or rotate with the actuator-receiving mechanism when the driving and driven members are interconnected; and when torque is no longer applied to the actuator mechanism it is free to return gradually into its normal locked position without the application of external forces or control.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3055471 (1962-09-01), Warn et al.
patent: 3217847 (1965-11-01), Petrak
patent: 3442361 (1969-05-01), Hegar
patent: 3656598 (1972-04-01), Goble
Bonck Rodney H.
Reilly John E.
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