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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
May. 30, 2006
Wolfram Hofschulte, Bonndorf, DE;
Urban Knöpfle, Titisee-Neustadt, DE;
Wolfram Hofschulte, Bonndorf, DE;
Urban Knöpfle, Titisee-Neustadt, DE;
IMS GEAR GmbH, Eisenbach, DE;
Abstract
A plastic slip clutch for an adjustable drive in an automobile includes a hub () which exhibits an inner profile (), and a shaft () which exhibits an outer profile (). For the purpose of transmitting torque, the shaft with the outer profile is introduced into the inner profile of the hub in form-fitting and force-fitting fashion. The inner profile () of the hub () exhibits plastic elements () for the transmission of force, such that the plastic elements () become elastically deformed under the effect of a force exceeding a given threshold force and thereby permit the outer profile () of the shaft () to slip through inside of the hub ().