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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
John H Sallach, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Dale E Schmaenan, Ventura, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Helicopter, Inc., Culver City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41D / ; F16D / ; F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 3 / ; 89 11 ; 64 29 ; 192 / ;
Abstract
A clutch assembly includes axially aligned shafts, one driving and one driven, the driving shaft including a plurality of slots and the other a plurality of apertures aligned with the slots. Elongated roller bearings are positioned in the slots and apertures to lock the shafts together, a resilient member being used to urge the bearings radially inwardly. In the event that one of the shafts slows substantially relative to the other, the bearings move radially outwardly to declutch the shafts.