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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2023
Gkn Automotive Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Toshiaki Komatsu, Commerce Township, MI (US);
GKN Automotive Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Abstract
A rotary power transmission device includes a device housing having an interior in which multiple gears are received for rotation, a clutch received within the device housing and having a clutch ring selectively engageable with one of the multiple gears, and an actuator having a coil and a plunger driven for movement along an axis and relative to the clutch ring. The plunger has a first position and a second position in which the clutch ring is engaged with one of the multiple gears. The plunger includes a first body formed at least partially from a magnetically responsive material, and includes a radially outer surface, a radially inner surface and a front face that is axially variable and arranged so that a radially outer portion of the front face is axially forward of a radially inner portion of the front face.