Safety coupling

Safety coupling disengaging from a drive position into a freewheel when an adjustable overload torque is exceeded in the event of an overload,

• with a driving flange rotatable about an axis of rotation and comprising recesses distributed on the circumference of a hole circle, and
• with a driven coupling part rotatable about the same axis of rotation,
• wherein the coupling part comprises switch segments, which, in the drive position, press detent elements into the recesses under spring force, which cause a connection between the flange and the coupling part for conjoint rotation, and which, when the overload torque is exceeded, cause the release of the connection for conjoint rotation with disengagement into the freewheel, wherein each detent element is assigned a switch segment, and the detent element moves from the drive position against the spring force out of the recess into the freewheel,
• wherein the flange is embodied as an inner ring allocated to a bearing or a bearing support,
• wherein the coupling part is embodied as an outer ring allocated to the inner ring, and
• wherein rolling elements are arranged between the inner ring and the outer ring.