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US 2024/0318694 A1Published application
Actuation mechanism for coupling device
AssigneeMeans Industries, Inc.
InventorsSteven M Thomas, Joshua D Hand, Spencer Kane, Ali Merat
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Abstract
An actuation mechanism for use with a coupling device. The actuation mechanism includes an assembly having a hub, a latch member, a translating member, and an indexer. The assembly includes a carrier supported on the hub that engages the indexer. The carrier moves axially relative to the hub. A return member biasing the indexer to a non-deployed position, with the translating member acting against the return member to move the indexer to the deployed position.
Claims20
An assembly comprising:
- a hub, the hub having a rotational axis;
- a latch member, the latch member is rotatably and axially fixed to the hub;
- a translating member including a translator attached to an outer circumferential surface thereof, the translating member supported on the latch member, the translating member is rotatably fixed and axially movable relative to the rotational axis;
- an indexer supported on the hub, the indexer rotatably and axially movable relative to the rotational axis;
- a carrier, the carrier supported on the hub and engaging the indexer, the carrier is rotatably fixed and axially movable for axial motion with no rotation;
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- a return member biasing the indexer towards a retracted position wherein the translating member acts against the return member to move the indexer to an extended position.
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An assembly comprising:
- a hub, the hub including a shaft;
- a first member secured to the hub and constrained against rotational and axial movement with respect to the hub, the first member having a side surface extending between an inner and an outer circumferential surface of the first member, the side surface of the first member including a cam surface;
- a second member rotatably fixed and axially movable with respect to the first member, the second member having a side surface extending between an inner and an outer circumferential surface of the second member, the side surface of the second member including a cam surface;
- a third member rotatably and axially movable with respect to the shaft, the third member having a side surface extending between an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface, the side surface of the third member including a first cam surface and a second cam surface, the second cam surface of the third member radially inward of the first cam surface of the third member, the third member having a groove in the inner circumferential surface of the third member;
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- the cam surface of the first member is in the groove of the third member when the assembly is placed in a retracted position, and the cam surface of the first member contacts the second cam surface of the third member when the assembly is placed in an extended position.
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An assembly comprising:
- a first member having a cylindrically shaped body, a cam surface extending transversely to a rotational axis of the first member, and an end opposite the cam surface, the first member including a plurality of projections and grooves on an outer circumferential surface of the first member;
- a second member having a cylindrically shaped body, a cam surface extending transversely to a rotational axis of the second member, and a plurality of projections and grooves on an inner circumferential surface of the second member, the projections and grooves on the inner circumferential surface of the second member complementary to the projections and grooves on the outer circumferential surface of the first member wherein engagement of the projections and grooves on the outer circumferential surface of the first member with the projections and grooves on the inner circumferential surface of the second member allows axial movement and prevents rotational movement between the first member in the second member;
- the cam surface of the second member spaced radially from and concentric with the cam surface of the first member;
- a third member having a cylindrically shaped body, a cam surface extending transversely to a rotational axis of the third member, and a plurality of projections and grooves on an inner circumferential surface of the third member, the cam surface of the third member including a first cam surface and a second cam surface the first and second cam surfaces are concentric;
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- the first cam surface of the third member engages the cam surface of the second member, and the second cam surface of the third member engages the cam surface of the first member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.