Overrunning clutch having a friction-induced actuating force

US11320004B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GKN Automotive Limited · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Beigang · Neunkirchen, DE
• Thomas Weckerling · Bonn, DE
• Maximilian Werkhausen · Overath, DE
• Jan Haupt · Lingen (Ems), DE
• Dirk Güth · Detmold, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 12, 2017
• Grant date: May 3, 2022
• Expiry date: Nov 16, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D43/208
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to an overrunning clutch, comprising a torque-introducing clutch element, a torque-receiving clutch element and switching element, which is forced from an engagement position into a freewheeling position or from a freewheeling position into an engagement position in dependence on the direction of a sufficient change in the rotational angle position between the torque-introducing clutch element and the torque-receiving clutch element by means of an actuating force applied to the switching element by an actuator. According to the disclosure, the actuating force is a friction-induced actuating force, which is induced by means of a friction-force pairing between the actuator and a component of the overrunning clutch that is in frictional contact with the actuator and the actuator forms an interlockingly acting actuating stop, by means of which the actuating force acts on the switching element.