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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2014
Dana Automotive Systems Group, Llc, Maumee, OH (US);
Mitchell R. Lawson, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Julius L. Jones, Toledo, OH (US);
Rick C. Sigmon, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC, Maumee, OH (US);
Abstract
An electromagnetic disconnect system has an output housing having an armature with a coil and an output shaft bearing fixed to it. A pressure plate and a sliding dog clutch are slidably attached to an output shaft that is in rotational contact with the output shaft bearing. This system further has an input housing attached to the output housing. The input housing has an input shaft bearing fixed to it. The electromagnetic disconnect system further has a disengagement spring and an axially fixed dog clutch rigidly attached to an end of an input shaft that is axially disposed through an opening in the input housing and in rotational contact with the input shaft bearing.