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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2022
Mclaren Engineering Crimmitschau Tech Center Gmbh, Crimmitschau, DE;
Bastian Stöckner, Zwickau-Pölbitz, DE;
Robert Schuster, Zwickau-Pölbitz, DE;
Josia Buchert, Chemnitz Altchemnitz, DE;
Evan Swinger, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
MCLAREN ENGINEERING CRIMMITSCHAU TECH CENTER GMBH, Crimmitschau, DE;
Abstract
A switchable clutch unit for coupling a drive component, wherein the clutch unit comprises: a primary side and a secondary side, which can be positively connected to one another for rotary driving, wherein the secondary side has driving recesses distributed around the circumference, wherein the primary side has driving claws distributed around the circumference, which are formed for engaging in the driving recesses of the secondary side, wherein the driving claws comprise a group of first driving claws and a group of second driving claws, wherein the first driving claws can be moved between an engaged position and an disengaged position with respect to the driving recesses, wherein the second driving claws are displaceable between an engaged position and an disengaged position with respect to the driving recesses, and wherein the first driving claws and the second driving claws are displaceable relative to one another.