Patent ID: 9583282
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: F16D,F16H,H01H

Claim:
1. A clutch mechanism for an energy storage device, comprising: a loading gear; a driving gear; a one-way bearing; a sleeve; a gear shaft including a gear portion and a clutch portion, wherein the loading gear is connected coaxially to the sleeve via the one-way bearing so as to be rotatable in a single direction, the sleeve is connected coaxially to the clutch portion so as to be rotatable in two directions, and the driving gear is meshed with an outside of the gear portion, the gear shaft further including multiple spheres, and a push rod and an elastic element located in a cavity of the gear shaft, wherein the clutch portion includes multiple holes corresponding to the spheres, and the spheres are located in the holes, and the push rod including a groove and being slideable in the axial direction of the gear shaft, wherein the elastic element is joined to one end of the push rod and presses against the push rod, the depth of the bottom of the groove being less than the diameter of the spheres, and the bottom of the groove including a slope; and a pressure block, fixed to the driving gear, the pressure block being able to contact the other end of the push rod and push the push rod to slide in the axial direction of the gear shaft, so as to unlock or lock the sleeve and the gear shaft.