Patent ID: 11940014
Assignee: AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 20:
21. A vehicle driveline component comprising:
a ball-ramp mechanism having a first ball-ramp ring, a second ball-ramp ring and a plurality of balls, the first and second ball-ramp rings being disposed about an actuation axis, each of the first and second ball-ramp rings defining a plurality of ball tracks, wherein the ball tracks of the first ball-ramp ring are disposed eccentrically about the actuation axis, each of the balls being received into an associated set of ball tracks in the first and second ball-ramp rings, wherein relative rotation between the first and second ball-ramp rings causes eccentric motion of the first ball-ramp ring about the actuation axis.