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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Flynn McCabe, Allen Park, MI (US);
Dionna Sharpe, Canton, MI (US);
John D. Borders, Fraser, MI (US);
Patrick Duff, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention in one or more embodiments provides an input clutch assembly which includes a cylinder housing, a cross-section thereof including along an axial direction first and second spaced apart cylinder-portions, and an input sleeve, a cross-section thereof including along the axial direction first and second sleeve-portions defining there-between a first sleeve-channel with a pair of edges spaced apart along the axial direction, the first sleeve-portion defining thereupon a recess, where at a first engagement position the recess is at least partially exposed while the pair of edges both contact the first cylinder-portion.