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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2019
Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Rencol Limited, Coventry, GB;
James K. Burgess, Bristol, GB;
Brandon S. Murphy, West Milford, NJ (US);
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS RENCOL LIMITED, Loughborough, GB;
Abstract
A torque assembly including an inner member; an outer member; a first torque member disposed between the inner member and the outer member; and a second torque member disposed radially exterior or interior to the first torque member; where upon rotation in a first circumferential direction, the first torque member is allowed to generally freely rotate and in a second circumferential direction, the first torque member is radially shifted to impede or prevent rotation, and where the second torque member provides a circumferential slip interface between the inner member and the outer member to allow rotation in the second circumferential direction.