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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2010
Applicants:
Sebastian Hanussek, Remseck, DE;
Jörg Elfner, Waiblingen, DE;
Tim Gegg, Remseck, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG, Waiblingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 67/02 (2006.01); F16D 43/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A centrifugal clutch, especially in a hand held work apparatus, such as a cut-off machine (), a brush cutter or the like, having a rotational axis (), at least one movably mounted centrifugal weight () arranged at the drive end and a clutch drum () arranged at the output end. The centrifugal clutch () includes a brake device () which is released by the centrifugal weight () when the centrifugal weight () moves radially outward in relation to the rotational axis ().