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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
May. 25, 2011
Peter Ward, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Alexander Serkh, Troy, MI (US);
Imtiaz Ali, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Dean Schneider, Washington, MI (US);
Peter Ward, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Alexander Serkh, Troy, MI (US);
Imtiaz Ali, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Dean Schneider, Washington, MI (US);
Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
An isolating decoupler comprising a shaft, a pulley rotationally engaged with the shaft, a coil spring engaged between the pulley and a spring carrier, the spring carrier moveable relative to the shaft and pulley, a one-way clutch mounted to the shaft, a first torsion spring and a second torsion spring engaged between the spring carrier and the one-way clutch, the first torsion spring and the second torsion spring having a releasable frictional engagement with the one-way clutch, the first torsion spring and the second torsion spring comprising adjacent parallel strands and having substantially equal diameters, the first torsion spring and the second torsion spring each being engagable with the pulley, the first torsion spring releasing a frictional engagement with the one-way clutch upon an engagement with the pulley, and the second torsion spring releasing a frictional engagement with the one-way clutch upon an engagement with the pulley.