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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2015
Means Industries, Inc., Saginaw, MI (US);
Douglas E. Brubaker, Midland, MI (US);
Brice A. Pawley, Midland, MI (US);
Jeffrey J. Prout, Freeland, MI (US);
Means Industries, Inc., Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A controllable or selectable coupling assembly includes a plurality of forward locking elements, at least one reverse locking element and first and second coupling members supported for relative rotation about a common rotational axis. The coupling members include a first, second and third coupling faces. The first coupling face has a set of forward pockets angularly spaced about the axis. The second coupling face has a set of reverse locking formations adapted for abutting engagement with the at least one reverse locking element. The third coupling face opposes the first coupling face and has a set of forward locking formations. Either forward backlash is a non-zero integer multiple of reverse backlash or the reverse backlash is a non-zero integer multiple of the forward backlash to prevent the coupling assembly from inadvertently binding in both directions (i.e. a 'lock-lock' condition) about the axis.