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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2004
Jon Arthur Roepke, Milford, MA (US);
Joshua Paul Kopecky, Louisville, KY (US);
Derek Lee Watkins, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Mark Aaron Weaver, Crestwood, KY (US);
Christopher Gregory Hoppe, Louisville, KY (US);
Bertram Joseph Stocker, Jr., Fisherville, KY (US);
Jon Arthur Roepke, Milford, MA (US);
Joshua Paul Kopecky, Louisville, KY (US);
Derek Lee Watkins, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Mark Aaron Weaver, Crestwood, KY (US);
Christopher Gregory Hoppe, Louisville, KY (US);
Bertram Joseph Stocker, Jr., Fisherville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenctady, NY (US);
Abstract
A coupling apparatus includes an inner shaft rotatably driven about a longitudinal axis of rotation, an outer shaft concentric with the inner shaft for selective rotation about the longitudinal axis, a coupling element movable between a first position engaging the inner shaft to the outer shaft for rotation therewith, and a second position disengaging the inner shaft from the outer shaft for relative rotation therebetween, and an actuating element connected to the coupling element and operable to move the coupling element between the first position and the second position.