Disconnect Actuator
AssigneeStoneridge Control Devices, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Fort, William Farmer, Eric Beishline
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Abstract
An actuator for selectively coupling first and second shafts for transmitting torque between the first and second shafts and a system incorporating the same. The actuator includes a sleeve movable between engaged and disengaged positions. An armature is configured to move the sleeve into an engaged position in response to energization of a coil. A latching mechanism may hold the sleeve in the engaged position when the coil is deenergized.
Claims20
An actuator for selectively coupling first and second shafts for transmitting torque between the first and second shafts, said actuator comprising:
- a sleeve configured movable between engaged and disengaged positions relative to said first and second shaft, said sleeve coupling said first and second shafts for transmission of torque therebetween in said engaged position and being decoupled from at least one of said first and second shafts in said disengaged position;
- a coil;
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- an armature responsive to said coil, said armature being configured to force said sleeve into said engaged position upon energization of said coil.
An actuator for selectively coupling first and second shafts for transmitting torque between the first and second shafts, said actuator comprising:
- a sleeve configured movable between engaged and disengaged positions relative to said first and second shaft, said sleeve coupling said first and second shafts for transmission of torque therebetween in said engaged position and being decoupled from at least one of said first and second shafts in said disengaged position;
- a first spring positioned on a first side of said sleeve;
- a second spring positioned on a second side of said spring;
- a coil;
- an armature responsive to said coil, said armature being configured to force said sleeve into said engaged position upon energization of said coil;
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- a latching device for releasably latching said sleeve in said engaged position when said coil is deenergized.
A system comprising
- a first shaft;
- a second shaft;
- a sleeve configured movable between engaged and disengaged positions relative to said first and second shafts, said sleeve coupling said first and second shafts for transmission of torque therebetween in said engaged position and being decoupled from at least one of said first and second shafts in said disengaged position;
- a coil;
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- an armature responsive to said coil, said armature being configured to force said sleeve into said engaged position upon energization of said coil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.