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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, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
John P Duve, Brookfield, IL (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 46 ; 1921 / ; 1921 / ;
Abstract
A one-way ratcheting clutch having a primary annular driving member with a plurality of circumferentially spaced radially inwardly extending lugs and a secondary annular member mounted on a common shaft has a plurality of resilient circumferentially spaced outwardly extending fingers for engaging the lugs configured to be compression loaded. At any relative rotational position at least one, and less than half, of the fingers is in the relaxed or undeflected state to minimize the effects of permanent set where both members are formed of plastic and exposed to service temperatures up to 85.degree. C.