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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2017
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Aisin Ai Co., Ltd, Nishio-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Nagakute-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tomohiro Yoshimura, Toyota, JP;
Akihiko Ichikawa, Toyota, JP;
Shinichi Takeuchi, Nisshin, JP;
Jun Yabuta, Nagoya, JP;
Isamu Shiotsu, Nagakute, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, Nagakute-shi, JP;
Abstract
A dog clutch includes a rotating member including first dog teeth, an annular dog ring including second dog teeth, and an annular dog sleeve. The rotating member includes first protrusions protruding radially outwardly from the outer circumferences of crests or troughs of the first dog teeth, the dog sleeve includes second protrusions that are configured to come into contact with the first protrusions in a circumferential direction when the dog sleeve moves toward the rotating member in an axial direction, and the first dog teeth and the second dog teeth are disposed at positions at which the first dog teeth and the second dog teeth are able to be engaged with each other in the circumferential direction in a state in which the first protrusions and the second protrusions are in contact with each other.