Overrunning clutch

US11187283B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GKN Automotive Limited · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Beigang · Neunkirchen, DE
• Thomas Weckerling · Bonn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 12, 2017
• Grant date: Nov 30, 2021
• Expiry date: Sep 12, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2500/10406
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In an overrunning clutch, a clutch link axially overlaps another clutch link and a control element of a control mechanism, via which the axial displacement of a connecting link acting between the clutch links is initiated, is arranged on the radial inside of the overlap on the connecting link. The overrunning clutch is particularly suitable for use in a drive train of a motor vehicle and which can transmit high torque despite compactness in structure, operates extensively without noise in the overrunning direction, and has only low mass to be moved during a shifting process.