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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
May. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Norman J. Bird, Plymouth, MI (US);
Gregory D. Gardner, Livonia, MI (US);
David A. Janson, Plymouth, MI (US);
Matthew T. Trent, South Lyon, MI (US);
Inventors:
Norman J. Bird, Plymouth, MI (US);
Gregory D. Gardner, Livonia, MI (US);
David A. Janson, Plymouth, MI (US);
Matthew T. Trent, South Lyon, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 27/01 (2006.01); F16D 27/102 (2006.01); F16D 63/00 (2006.01); H02K 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A one-way clutch includes a first race secured against rotation and fitted with a coil, a second race supported for rotation, a coil carried by one of the races, and struts supported by one of the races, each strut driveably connecting and disconnecting the races in response to a magnetic field induced by current in the coil.