Patent ID: 11892040
Assignee: MEANS INDUSTRIES, INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 7:
8. A clutch assembly comprising:
a notch plate;
a dynamically controllable clutch, including a dynamically controllable clutch pocket plate, a dynamically controllable clutch locking element, and a dynamically controllable clutch translator;
wherein the dynamically controllable clutch pocket plate and the notch plate are supported for rotation relative to one another in first and second directions about a rotational axis; and
the dynamically controllable clutch translator is configured to move the dynamically controllable clutch locking element to a deployed position in which the dynamically controllable clutch locking element mechanically couples the dynamically controllable clutch pocket plate and the notch plate to prevent relative rotation of the dynamically controllable clutch pocket plate and the notch plate with respect to each other in at least one direction about the rotational axis;
a controllable mechanical diode clutch, including a controllable mechanical diode clutch pocket plate, a first controllable mechanical diode clutch locking element, a second controllable mechanical diode clutch locking element, a first controllable mechanical diode clutch actuator, and a second controllable mechanical diode clutch actuator;
wherein the controllable mechanical diode clutch pocket plate is fixed in position and the notch plate is supported for rotation relative to the controllable mechanical diode clutch pocket plate in the first and second directions about the rotational axis; and
the first controllable mechanical diode clutch actuator is configured to move the first controllable mechanical diode clutch locking element to a deployed position in which the first controllable mechanical diode clutch locking element mechanically couples the controllable mechanical diode clutch pocket plate and the notch plate together to prevent rotation of the notch plate in the first direction about the rotational axis; and
the second controllable mechanical diode clutch actuator is configured to move the second controllable mechanical diode clutch locking element to a deployed position in which the second controllable mechanical diode clutch locking element mechanically couples the controllable mechanical diode clutch pocket plate and the notch plate together to prevent rotation of the notch plate in the second direction about the rotational axis.