WEDGE CLUTCH WITH AXIALLY DISPLACEABLE WEDGE PLATE

摘要

A wedge clutch, including: an inner race; an outer race with a first inner circumferential surface sloping radially outward in a first axial direction; a wedge plate disposed between the inner and outer races in a radial direction and including a first outer circumferential surface sloping radially outward in the first axial direction; a first displacement element engaged with the wedge plate and arranged to urge the wedge plate in a second axial direction, opposite the first axial direction, to close the clutch to non-rotatably connect the inner and outer races; and a second displacement element arranged to displace the wedge plate in the first axial direction to open the clutch to enable relative rotation between the inner and outer races.

主权项

1. A wedge clutch, comprising:
an inner race including a first outer circumferential surface; an outer race with a first inner circumferential surface; a wedge plate:
disposed between the inner and outer races in a radial direction; and,including second inner and outer circumferential surfaces; a first displacement element engaged with the wedge plate and arranged to urge the wedge plate in a second axial direction, opposite the first axial direction, to close the clutch to non-rotatably connect the inner and outer races; and, a second displacement element arranged to displace the wedge plate in the first axial direction to open the clutch to enable relative rotation between the inner and outer races, wherein: the first inner circumferential surface and the second outer circumferential surface each slope radially outward in the first axial direction; or, the second inner circumferential surface and the first outer circumferential surface each slope radially outward in the second radial direction.