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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
May. 01, 2023
Exedy Globalparts Corporation, Belleville, MI (US);
Means Industries, Inc., Saginaw, MI (US);
Cody Kelly, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Bryant Grytzelius, Canton, MI (US);
Kenneth Walega, Northville, MI (US);
Ali Merat, Sausalito, CA (US);
Spencer Kane, Chesaning, MI (US);
Todd Andrzejewski, Saginaw, MI (US);
Joshua Hand, Midland, MI (US);
Exedy GlobalParts Corporation, Belleville, MI (US);
Means Industries, Inc., Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
An architecture for coupling an output member from a prime mover to an input member of a device to be driven. The architecture includes a torque transfer device defining an indirect coupling for transferring torque therethrough, a direct drive connection member providing a direct coupling for transferring torque therethrough, and a dynamically controllable clutch that selectively and rotationally drives either the torque transfer device or the direct drive connection member. The torque transfer device is rotatably disconnected from the dynamically controllable clutch and undriven when the dynamically controllable clutch is driving the direct drive connection member.