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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2021
Nsk Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Yamamoto, Fujisawa, JP;
Hirotaka Kishida, Fujisawa, JP;
NSK LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power transmission path switching device has a friction engaging device; a rotation transmission state switching device comprising a first member and a second member arranged coaxial with each other and having: a free mode and/or a one-way clutch mode allowing rotation of the first member with respect to the second member, and a lock mode preventing rotation of the first member with respect to the second member; and a control device that, when connecting the friction engaging device and setting the rotation transmission state switching device to the lock mode, has a function of connecting the friction engaging device, and then while maintaining the friction engaging device in a connected state, switches the rotation transmission state switching device to the lock mode.