192 clutches and power-stop control – Clutches – Automatic
Patent
1988-02-01
1989-08-08
Braun, Leslie A.
192 clutches and power-stop control
Clutches
Automatic
192 67R, 192 83, 192 93A, 192 95, 403 1, F16D 1100, F16D 4300
Patent
active
048544345
ABSTRACT:
A hub clutch is operable as an automatic hub clutch and as a manual hub clutch, and includes a hollow housing secured to a wheel hub, the inner circumference of which is provided with a spline, and on the outside end surface of which an opening is defined; a manually operable knob rotatably mounted in the opening of the housing and provided with a boss section having an inclined cam surface; a drive gear fixed to a drive shaft at the extreme end thereof, and provided with a spline and a gear section; a ring clutch supported in an axially transferable manual on the spline and which is engaged with the gear section on the circumference of the drive gear when displaced outwardly in the axial direction; a retainer rotating integrally with the housing and engageable with the cam surface of the knob; a return spring extending between either the retainer and the drive gear or the retainer and the housing for urging the retainer and the ring clutch inwardly in the axial direction; a shift spring extending between the retainer and the ring clutch; and a locking member for restricting the axially inward transfer of the retainer and the ring clutch by receiving the expanding force exerted by the return spring when the meshing of the ring clutch and the drive gear is released.
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U.S. patent application Ser. No. 84,082 Sakuo Kurihara, Hub Clutch, 8/11/87.
Braun Leslie A.
Tochigi-Fuji Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Whitelaw Nicholas
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