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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventor:
Simon Xunnan He, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzognaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 41/06 (2006.01); F16D 41/063 (2006.01); F16D 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 41/063 (2013.01); F16D 15/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wedge friction clutch with controllable clutch locking function, having an axis of rotation, an inner race, an outer race located radially outward of the inner race, and, a wedge assembly including a wedge plate located between the inner and outer races in a radial direction, a first piston arranged to displace the wedge plate in a first circumferential direction, a second piston arranged to displace the wedge plate in a second circumferential direction, opposite the first circumferential direction, and, a hydraulic circuit arranged to control the first and second pistons.