Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Coupling assembly having an overrun mode and channeled locking member for use therein
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Application No.: US16173055Application Date: 2018-10-29
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Publication No.: US10539198B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Brice A. Pawley , Joshua D. Hand
- Applicant: Means Industries, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Saginaw
- Assignee: Means Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Means Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Saginaw
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Main IPC: F16D43/28
- IPC: F16D43/28 ; F16D41/12 ; F16D41/14 ; F16D43/284

Abstract:
A coupling assembly having an overrun mode and a channeled locking member are provided. The locking member has a ramped, open channel extending through a nose and main body of the locking member to an upper face of the main body. The locking member is movable between first and second positions. The first position is a coupling position and the second position is an uncoupling position. Pressurized fluid directed to a bottom of the channel urges the locking member towards the second position upon rotation of a first member of the assembly in a first direction relative to a second member of the assembly above a predetermined RPM to prevent abutting engagement of the locking member with a shoulder of the first member in the overrun mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190063517A1 Coupling Assembly Having an Overrun Mode and Channeled Locking Member for Use Therein Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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