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Clutch construction

Assignee: Daimler Benz AG
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Filing: 1960-09-14
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Granted: 1964-04-21
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Expires: 1980-09-14
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Werner E Altmann
  • 👤 Manfred H Burckhardt

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 08:05
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16D; F16D23/00; F16D23/02; F16D23/04; F16D23/06; F16D43/00; F16D43/02; F16D43/04; F16D43/06; F16D43/08; F16D43/12; F16D2023/0643

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 118 words
A DISENGAGEABLE, FORCE-LOCKING CLUTCH, COMPRISING DRIVING CLUTCH MEANS AND DRIVEN CLUTCH MEANS, AXIALLY MOVABLE MEANS ARRANGED ADJACENT ONE OF SAID CLUTCH MEANS AND ADAPTED TO BE SELECTIVELY CONNECTED WITH THE OTHER CLUTCH MEANS, AND SYNCHRONIZING AND BLOCKING MEANS INTERMEDIATE SAID DRIVING AND DRIVEN CLUTCH MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING SYNCHRONISM THEREBETWEEN AND FOR PREVENTING THE FORCE-LOCKING ENGAGEMENT ESSENTIALLY UNTIL SYNCHRONISM IS ATTAINED BETWEEN SAID TWO CLUTCH MEANS, SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS BEING CONSTITUTED IN PART BY INCLINED ENGAGING SURFACES ON SAID AXIALLY MOVABLE MEANS AND SAID ONE CLUTCH MEANS FOR PRODUCING AN AXIAL THRUST IN THE ENGAGING DIRECTION OF SAID AXIALLY MOVABLE MEANS FROM THE FRICTION MOMENT, AND SPRING MEANS KEEPING SAID INCLINED SURFACES IN ESSENTIALLY CONSTANT ABUTMENT WITH EACH OTHER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 118 words
A DISENGAGEABLE, FORCE-LOCKING CLUTCH, COMPRISING DRIVING CLUTCH MEANS AND DRIVEN CLUTCH MEANS, AXIALLY MOVABLE MEANS ARRANGED ADJACENT ONE OF SAID CLUTCH MEANS AND ADAPTED TO BE SELECTIVELY CONNECTED WITH THE OTHER CLUTCH MEANS, AND SYNCHRONIZING AND BLOCKING MEANS INTERMEDIATE SAID DRIVING AND DRIVEN CLUTCH MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING SYNCHRONISM THEREBETWEEN AND FOR PREVENTING THE FORCE-LOCKING ENGAGEMENT ESSENTIALLY UNTIL SYNCHRONISM IS ATTAINED BETWEEN SAID TWO CLUTCH MEANS, SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS BEING CONSTITUTED IN PART BY INCLINED ENGAGING SURFACES ON SAID AXIALLY MOVABLE MEANS AND SAID ONE CLUTCH MEANS FOR PRODUCING AN AXIAL THRUST IN THE ENGAGING DIRECTION OF SAID AXIALLY MOVABLE MEANS FROM THE FRICTION MOMENT, AND SPRING MEANS KEEPING SAID INCLINED SURFACES IN ESSENTIALLY CONSTANT ABUTMENT WITH EACH OTHER.

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