Torque-limiting clutch

US4468206A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Jean Walterscheid GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Paul Herchenbach · Ruppichteroth, DE
• Mathias Konrad · Troisdorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 2, 1983
• Grant date: Aug 28, 1984
• Expiry date: Feb 2, 2003

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D43/2028
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Clutch engagement members radially movable to bring a clutch sleeve and a clutch hub into and out of driving engagement are displaced by radially movable spring loaded cam members having inner contact faces which engage cam surfaces on the radially inner ends of the engagement members, the cam surfaces on the engagement members being formed to include a first cam surface extending obliquely relative to the direction of movement of the cam members at a different angle than a second cam surface.