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US 2007/0181399 A1Published application
Wrap spring clutch
AssigneeHoerbiger Antriebstechnik GmbH
InventorsJuergen ACKERMANN, Falk NICKEL
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a wrap spring clutch comprising a first shaft; a wrap spring wound around the first shaft in a winding direction and comprising wrap spring ends; and comprising a second hollow shaft arranged around the wrap spring to be concentric to the first shaft, characterized by an actuator for applying a controlled tangential force onto at least one of the wrap spring ends in a direction opposite to the winding direction of the wrap spring.
Claims10
A wrap spring clutch comprising
- a first shaft;
- a wrap spring wound around the first shaft in a winding direction and comprising two wrap spring ends;
- and
- a second hollow shaft arranged around the wrap spring to be concentric to the first shaft;
- and
- an actuator for applying a controlled tangential force onto at least one of the wrap spring ends in a direction opposite to the winding direction of the wrap spring.
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