Patent ID: 8662271
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
1. A differentially controllable two-way clutch comprising an outer wheel with a cam portion on an inner circumference, an inner wheel arranged apart from the outer wheel and toward an inner diameter of the two-way clutch as well as rotatably and concentrically with respect to the outer wheel, torque transmission members located between the outer wheel and the inner wheel to transmit torque, a pair of cages each of which is engageable with a respective adjacent torque transmission member and slidable in a circumferential direction and which are differentially controlled, a respective spring supported by each cage and configured to be capable of biasing the adjacent torque transmission member so that the torque transmission member engages with a cam surface, and an annular switching plate provided at one axial end surface of the clutch and pivotally movably fitted on the outer wheel, wherein the switching plate moves relative to the pair of cages to selectively engage each cage and thereby differentially control the cages, and the respective spring supported by each cage biases the adjacent torque transmission member in accordance with a movement of that cage.