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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:
Feb. 18, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1921 / ; 74475 ; 74527 ;
Abstract
Several embodiments of improved detent devices for elements such as dog clutches. In each embodiment, the detent includes a holding detent for holding the dog clutch in a neutral position and an accelerating detent for accelerating the dog clutch element to its engaged position. In each embodiment, the accelerating detent is effective before the holding detent has been fully released. In some embodiments, the dog clutch element is axially movable and in other embodiments it is rotatable.