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US 12,497,144 B2Granted
Connect and disconnect assembly, and ship-lift bogie including said connect and disconnect assembly
AssigneeDana Motion Systems Italia S.R.L.
InventorFabio Beccari
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Abstract
A connect and disconnect assembly may have a first rotatable shaft and a second rotatable shaft aligned along a rotational axis. The assembly may also have a connect and disconnect device including one or more cams for selectively connecting and disconnecting the first rotatable shaft to and from the second rotatable shaft. A ship-lift bogie may include the connect and disconnect assembly.
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A connect and disconnect assembly, comprising:
- a first rotatable shaft and a second rotatable shaft aligned along a rotational axis;
- and
- a connect and disconnect device including one or more cams for selectively connecting and disconnecting the first rotatable shaft to and from the second rotatable shaft,
- wherein the connect and disconnect device further comprises:
- one or more first friction discs rotationally fixed to the first rotatable shaft, and
- one or more second friction discs rotationally fixed to the second rotatable shaft,
- wherein the one or more cams are configured to selectively engage and disengage the one or more first friction discs with and from the one or more second friction discs,
- wherein the first rotatable shaft includes a ring gear encompassing a portion of the second rotatable shaft, wherein the one or more first friction discs are rotationally fixed to the ring gear of the first rotatable shaft and wherein the one or more second friction discs are rotationally fixed to the portion of the second rotatable shaft encompassed by the ring gear of the first rotatable shaft.
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A connect and disconnect assembly, comprising:
- a first rotatable shaft and a second rotatable shaft aligned along a rotational axis;
- and
- a connect and disconnect device including one or more cams for selectively connecting and disconnecting the first rotatable shaft to and from the second rotatable shaft,
- wherein the connect and disconnect device further comprises:
- one or more first friction discs rotationally fixed to the first rotatable shaft, and
- one or more second friction discs rotationally fixed to the second rotatable shaft,
- wherein the first rotatable shaft includes a ring gear encompassing a portion of the second rotatable shaft, wherein the one or more first friction discs are rotationally fixed to the ring gear of the first rotatable shaft and wherein the one or more second friction discs are rotationally fixed to the portion of the second rotatable shaft encompassed by the ring gear of the first rotatable shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.