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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2005
Applicants:
Thomas Gumpoldsberger, Haidershofen, AT;
Michael Laus, St. Marien, AT;
Rudolf Glassner, Kottes, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Eingineering Center Steyr GmbH & Co KG, St. Valentin, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dog clutch operative to provide shiftably connection. A first clutch element includes a plurality of dogs selectively engagable with a plurality of counterdogs coupled to the second clutch element for selectively coupling primary and secondary rotatable parts. The second clutch element further includes a bush coupled to the secondary rotatable part and an intermediate part containing the counterdogs. The intermediate part can be selectively coupled to the bush for selectively coupling the second clutch element and the secondary part.