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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
May. 25, 2024
Applicant:
Means Industries, Inc., Saginaw, MI (US);
Inventors:
Dustin Finn, Essexville, MI (US);
John Jennings, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Means Industries, Inc., Saginaw, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 41/12 (2006.01); F16D 41/16 (2006.01); F16H 3/12 (2006.01); F16D 27/108 (2006.01); F16H 3/089 (2006.01); F16H 63/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 41/125 (2013.01); F16D 41/16 (2013.01); F16H 3/126 (2013.01); F16D 27/108 (2013.01); F16D 2500/10493 (2013.01); F16D 2500/30415 (2013.01); F16D 2500/50638 (2013.01); F16D 2500/7041 (2013.01); F16H 3/089 (2013.01); F16H 2063/3046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for power transmission method includes providing first and second shafts, first and second gear assemblies between the first and second shafts, and first and second coupling assemblies. The first coupling assembly coupling the first shaft to the first gear assembly, and the second coupling assembly coupling the first shaft to the second gear assembly. The speed of the first shaft varies, wherein the deployment of a locking element of the second coupling assembly is based on the speed of the first shaft.