Patent ID: 9518614
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: F16D

Claim Text:
1. A device for releasably connecting a component and a shaft, the device comprising: a shaft; a first component rotatably mounted on the shaft, wherein the first component has a first toothing profile; a second component rotatably mounted on the shaft, wherein the second component has a second toothing profile; and a switching element non-rotatably mounted on the shaft, wherein the switching element has a third toothing profile, wherein the switching element may travel in an axial direction of the shaft; wherein the switching element can be coupled with one of the first component or the second component through a relative motion between the switching element and one of the first component or the second component, wherein the relative motion is in an axial direction of the shaft; wherein the first component is coupled with the switching element when the first toothing profile overlaps the third toothing profile; wherein the first component is released from the switching element when the first toothing profile does not overlap the third toothing profile; wherein the second component is coupled with the switching element when the second toothing profile overlaps the third toothing profile; wherein the second component is released from the switching element when the second toothing profile does not overlap the third toothing profile; wherein the switching element has a first operating state in which the first component is coupled with the shaft in a non-rotatable manner via the switching element and the second component is rotatably mounted on the shaft; wherein the switching element has a second operating state in which the second component is coupled with the shaft in a non-rotatable manner via the switching element and the first component is rotatably mounted on the shaft; wherein the first toothing profile has at least two spaced-apart teeth rows, the second toothing profile has at least two spaced-apart teeth rows, and the third toothing profile has at least three spaced-apart teeth rows; wherein at least two of the at least three spaced-apart teeth rows of the third toothing profile can be brought into engagement with the at least two spaced-apart teeth rows of the first toothing profile; and wherein at least two of the at least three spaced-apart teeth rows of the third toothing profile can be brought into engagement with the at least two spaced-apart teeth rows of the second toothing profile.