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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. 23, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Craig T Gadd, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Epilogics, LP, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16D / ; F16D / ; F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 35 ; 192 46 ; 192 486 ; 192 545 ; 192 693 ; 192 6982 ;
Abstract
A one way drive device for transmitting torque from a rotational input to a rotational output when the device is driven in a counterclockwise torque transmitting rotational direction by the rotational input. The device allows the rotational input to freely rotate in a clockwise overrun direction relative to the rotational output. The one way drive device includes a dog clutch to transmit torque when driven in the torque transmitting direction and a ratchet clutch to provide the overrun function.