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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2017
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Joseph R Littlefield, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jonathan Boyd, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Other;
Abstract
A dog clutch for a vehicle transmission includes a driving member configured to rotate about an axis and including a cavity extending radially from the axis, a driving tooth slidably movable within the radially extending cavity, a driven member coaxially surrounding the driving member and including a radially inward extending driven tooth axially aligned with the driving tooth, an actuator shaft coaxially positioned within the driving member and movable along the axis, a retainer on the actuator shaft, a bullet actuator coaxially mounted on the actuator shaft, and a biasing member coaxially mounted on the actuator shaft and positioned between the bullet actuator and the retainer.