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US3107763A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Dual one-way clutch for differential control

Assignee: Harry Ferguson Research Ltd
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Filing: 1960-04-11
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Granted: 1963-10-22
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Expires: 1980-04-11
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Hill Claude

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 03:54
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16H; F16H48/00; F16H48/20; F16H48/30; B; B60; B60K; B60K23/00; B60K23/06; F16D; F16D41/00; F16D41/22; F16H3/00; F16H3/44; F16H3/46; F16H3/48; F16H3/52; F16H3/54; F16H48/06; F16H48/08; F16H48/12; F16H48/14; F16H48/142; F16H48/145; F16H48/16; F16H48/24; F16H48/34; F16H2048/204; F16H2048/305; F16H2200/00; F16H2200/20; F16H2200/203; F16H2200/2071; F16H48/32

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 296 words
A DUAL ONE-WAY CLUTCH ARRANGEMENT FOR POSITIVELY LIMITING ROTATIONAL SPEED VARIATIONS BETWEEN TWO ROTATING PARTS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FRAME, A SHAFT JOURNALLED IN SAID FRAME, A PAIR OF CUP-SHAPED HOUSING MEMBERS JOURNALLED ON SAID SHAFT AND DISPOSED IN OPPOSED ADJACENT RELATION SO AS TO DEFINE A CHAMBER THEREIN, A SET OF ANNULAR FRICTION PLATES WITHIN EACH OF SAID HOUSING MEMBERS AND BEING ALTERNATELY KEYED TO THE SHAFT AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HOUSING MEMBER, MEANS DEFINING AN ABUTMENT SURFACE ADJACENT EACH SET OF FRICTION PLATES, A NUT MEMBER DISPOSED WITHIN EACH HOUSING MEMBER ADJACENT SAID SETS OF PLATES SO THAT EACH SET OF PLATES IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE ADJACENT ABUTMENT SURFACE AND ONE OF SAID NUT MEMBERS, MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING A FRICTIONAL DRAG BETWEEN EACH HOUSING MEMBER AND THE NUT MEMBER DISPOSED THEREIN SO THAT ROTATION OF THE HOUSING MEMBERS TENDS TO ROTATE THEIR RESPECTIVE NUT MEMBERS, ONE OF SAID ROTATING PARTS BEING DRIVINGLY COUPLED TO SAID SHAFT, THE OTHER OF SAID ROTATING PARTS BEING DRIVINGLY COUPLED TO EACH OF SAID HOUSING MEMBERS SO AS TO ROTATE THE FIRST MEMBER AT A HIGHER SPEED THAN THE SECOND MEMBER, MEANS DEFINING A HELICAL THREADED INTERENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID SHAFT AND THE NUT MEMBER IN SAID FIRST HOUSING MEMBER TENDING TO URGE THE NUT MEMBER AWAY FROM THE ADJACENT FRICTION PLATES WHEN THE ROTATIONAL SPEED OF SAID SHAFT IS LESS THAN THE SPEED AT WHICH THE FIRST HOUSING MEMBER TENDS TO DRAG ITS NUT MEMBER, AND MEANS DEFINING A HELICAL THREADED INTERENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID SHAFT AND THE NUT MEMBER IN SAID SECOND HOUSING MEMBER TENDING TO URGE THE NUT MEMBER AWAY FROM THE ADJACENT FRICTION PLATES WHEN THE ROTATIONAL SPEED OF SAID SHAFT IS GREATER THAN THE SPEED AT WHICH THE SECOND HOUSING MEMBER TENDS TO DRAG ITS NUT MEMBER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 296 words
A DUAL ONE-WAY CLUTCH ARRANGEMENT FOR POSITIVELY LIMITING ROTATIONAL SPEED VARIATIONS BETWEEN TWO ROTATING PARTS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FRAME, A SHAFT JOURNALLED IN SAID FRAME, A PAIR OF CUP-SHAPED HOUSING MEMBERS JOURNALLED ON SAID SHAFT AND DISPOSED IN OPPOSED ADJACENT RELATION SO AS TO DEFINE A CHAMBER THEREIN, A SET OF ANNULAR FRICTION PLATES WITHIN EACH OF SAID HOUSING MEMBERS AND BEING ALTERNATELY KEYED TO THE SHAFT AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HOUSING MEMBER, MEANS DEFINING AN ABUTMENT SURFACE ADJACENT EACH SET OF FRICTION PLATES, A NUT MEMBER DISPOSED WITHIN EACH HOUSING MEMBER ADJACENT SAID SETS OF PLATES SO THAT EACH SET OF PLATES IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE ADJACENT ABUTMENT SURFACE AND ONE OF SAID NUT MEMBERS, MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING A FRICTIONAL DRAG BETWEEN EACH HOUSING MEMBER AND THE NUT MEMBER DISPOSED THEREIN SO THAT ROTATION OF THE HOUSING MEMBERS TENDS TO ROTATE THEIR RESPECTIVE NUT MEMBERS, ONE OF SAID ROTATING PARTS BEING DRIVINGLY COUPLED TO SAID SHAFT, THE OTHER OF SAID ROTATING PARTS BEING DRIVINGLY COUPLED TO EACH OF SAID HOUSING MEMBERS SO AS TO ROTATE THE FIRST MEMBER AT A HIGHER SPEED THAN THE SECOND MEMBER, MEANS DEFINING A HELICAL THREADED INTERENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID SHAFT AND THE NUT MEMBER IN SAID FIRST HOUSING MEMBER TENDING TO URGE THE NUT MEMBER AWAY FROM THE ADJACENT FRICTION PLATES WHEN THE ROTATIONAL SPEED OF SAID SHAFT IS LESS THAN THE SPEED AT WHICH THE FIRST HOUSING MEMBER TENDS TO DRAG ITS NUT MEMBER, AND MEANS DEFINING A HELICAL THREADED INTERENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID SHAFT AND THE NUT MEMBER IN SAID SECOND HOUSING MEMBER TENDING TO URGE THE NUT MEMBER AWAY FROM THE ADJACENT FRICTION PLATES WHEN THE ROTATIONAL SPEED OF SAID SHAFT IS GREATER THAN THE SPEED AT WHICH THE SECOND HOUSING MEMBER TENDS TO DRAG ITS NUT MEMBER.

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7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-10-21 1971-04-22 1971-10-22 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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