Patent ID: 9611899
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: F16D,F16H

Claim:
1. A wedge clutch, comprising: an inner race including a first outer circumferential surface, the first outer circumferential surface including a first plurality of circumferentially sloping ramps; an outer race with a first inner circumferential surface; a wedge plate: a first displacement element engaged with the wedge plate and arranged to urge the wedge plate in a second axial direction, opposite a first axial direction, to close the clutch to non-rotatably connect the inner and outer races; and, a second displacement element arranged to displace the wedge plate in the first axial direction to open the clutch to enable relative rotation between the inner and outer races, wherein the first inner circumferential surface and the second outer circumferential surface each slope radially outward in the first axial direction.