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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2014
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Curt D. Gilmore, Fenton, MI (US);
Daryl Beesley, South Lyon, MI (US);
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle power transmitting device can include a clutch and an actuator. The actuator can include a coil spring, a plunger, and a rotating member. The coil spring can include a plurality of coils disposed about an axis. The plunger can include a body and a follower. The follower can be fixedly coupled to the body. The body can be disposed about the axis and coupled to the clutch to selectively activate the clutch. The follower can be received between adjacent ones of the coils. The rotating member can be rotatable about the axis and drivingly coupled to one of the coil spring and the plunger to rotate the one of the coil spring and the plunger about the axis. Rotation of the rotatable member can effect translation of the plunger, compression of the coil spring, or both translation of the plunger and compression of the coil spring.