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Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 25, 2014
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Bernard D. Nefacy, Novi, MI (US);

Walter Joseph Ortmann, Saline, MI (US);

Brian Richard Light, Flat Rock, MI (US);

Brian Thomas Soo, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 11/16 (2006.01); B60K 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 11/16 (2013.01); B60K 17/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exemplary clutch device of an electrified vehicle includes a first member having a plurality of lugs about an axis, and a second member including a plurality of apertures. The plurality of lugs are selectively moveable axially into corresponding apertures to couple together rotation of the first member and the second member. Interfaces between the first member and the second member when under positive torque are angled differently than interfaces between the first member and the second member when under negative torque.


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