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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:
Sep. 15, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Tysver, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
Sundstrand Corporation, Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; B60T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192-7 ; 188134 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for limiting the amount of torque from a drive source applied to a torque responsive element in which a pair of rotatable cam plates have opposing faces formed with radially extending grooves. A plurality of angularly spaced balls are provided for respectively engaging within the opposing ramp grooves. A retainer plate is sandwiched between the opposing cam plates, with angularly spaced holes for freely receiving and radially retaining the balls. The retainer plate has periheral walls for surrounding, journalling and piloting the cam plates.