Patent ID: 9057407
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: F16C,F16D

Abstract:
1. A disconnect assembly, comprising: a housing; a rotatably drivable input shaft including a first portion, a second portion extending from the first portion into the housing and a first clutch portion disposed along the second portion; a rotating element housed within the housing and including a second clutch portion, which is movable between a first position, at which the first and second clutch portions drivably register with each other, and a second position, at which the first and second clutch portions are displaced from each other; and a disconnect bearing disposed at an inner diameter of the first clutch portion and configured to radially and axially secure the input shaft relative to the rotating element with the second clutch portion disposed in the first or second position, the disconnect bearing comprising a sleeve bearing, forward and aft thrust bearings respectively disposed at forward and aft ends of the sleeve bearing and a journal disconnect bearing disposed in a region partially bounded by the forward and aft thrust bearings, the sleeve bearing and the inner diameter of the first clutch portion.