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US 8,925,701 B1Granted
Clutch by-wire
OwnerAlisa Michnik Dube, Yefim Michnikinventors
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Abstract
A clutch by-wire capable of switching any number of clutch circuits and is capable of distributing rotary movement of a single rotary source simultaneously to any combination of the clutch circuits without stopping the rotary source, where a direction of rotary movement received by any of the clutch circuits does not depend on directions of rotary movements received by the other clutch circuits of the combination.
Claims5
A clutch by-wire comprising:
- a) at least one rotary source for providing incoming rotary movement thereto according to a predetermined algorithm executable by a controller;
- b) a plurality of clutch circuits arranged around, and equidistantly from, a predetermined axis, wherein each clutch circuit is a mechanical circuit for receiving said incoming rotary movement independently of the rest of said plurality of clutch circuits;
- c) at least one actuating device controllable according to said algorithm and capable of rotating around said axis for aligning with any of said plurality of clutch circuits, each of said at least one actuating device is also capable of changing a selection status of any of said plurality of clutch circuits aligned therewith, wherein each of said plurality of clutch circuits is preconfigured for receiving said incoming rotary movement when selected and for not receiving said incoming rotary movement when deselected,
- thereby a desired number of the clutch circuits is achievable by arranging thereof equidistantly around said axis, wherein a single actuating device is sufficient for distributing said incoming rotary movement to any of the clutch circuits regardless of a number of the clutch circuits.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.