Custom Products Corporation

Philip Hart Bacon

An electro-slip clutch may include a friction stack for receiving input rotation from an input shaft and a surrounding hub and for attaching to an output member. A bearing surface may be provided adjacent the friction stack and a solenoid may further be provided. The solenoid may include a plunger in a first position pressing against the bearing surface with a first degree of force and in a second position different than the first position relative to the bearing surface. Thus, torque transmitted through the friction stack is adjustable by the solenoid. A method of operating a clutch mechanism may include providing a solenoid adjacent a friction stack and providing a first current level to the solenoid, the first current level energizing a coil of the solenoid and pushing a plunger within the solenoid towards the friction stack with a first degree of force.

Electro-slip clutch

A mechanism useful as a slip clutch or brake, including a first member having a cylindrical inner wall, a second generally cylindrical member received coaxial within the first member so as to be rotatable therein, and at least one generally annular third spring member between the first and second members, the at least one third member having an external surface in contact with the inner wall of the first member, the second member having at least one longitudinal recess defining two wall surfaces, the at least one third member having ends extending inwardly into the at least one recess, each of the ends of the at least one third member contacting the wall surfaces.

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Hamden, CT, United States of America

Philip Hart Bacon