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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:
Jun. 25, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jocelyne Troccaz, Eybens, FR;
Assignee:
Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 / ; 192 42 ; 192 45 ; 192 4892 ; 192 21 ; 477-6 ; 901 25 ;
Abstract
A disengageable free wheel includes a shaft and a ring which can rotate only in a free direction with respect to the shaft. The free wheel includes a motor for rotating the shaft in its free direction, whereby the ring can rotate at most as fast as the shaft in the direction opposite to its free direction.