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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2018
Gkn Driveline Japan Ltd, Tochigi, Tochigi, JP;
Hideyuki Inose, Tochigi, JP;
GKN Automotive Ltd., Birmingham, West Midlands, GB;
Abstract
A slide flange is used with a rotary body having a clutch rotatable about an axis and a pair of proximity sensors apart from each other in a circumferential direction. The slide flange is comprised of: an inner ring portion fitting on the rotary body and movable in a direction along the axis from a first position where the clutch gets connected to a second position where the clutch gets disconnected; an outer ring portion unitarily elongated from the inner ring portion and so disposed as to at least at the second position face the pair of proximity sensors; a plurality of notches formed on the outer ring portion at even intervals in the circumferential direction; and a coupling portion elongated from the outer ring portion toward the rotary body, the coupling portion being so coupled with the clutch as to rotate the outer ring portion along with the clutch.