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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2017
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Joseph R Littlefield, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jonathan Boyd, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 23/06 (2006.01); F16D 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 23/06 (2013.01); F16D 11/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A radially applied dog clutch for a vehicle transmission. The clutch 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, and a synchronizer coaxially positioned between the driving member and the driven member.