Patent ID: 9206861
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: F16C,F16D

Abstract:
1. An integrated switchable shaft bearing, comprising: an inner ring having a race, a circumferentially extending clutch groove that intersects the race at least at one position, and axially extending cam pin openings; an outer ring having a race; rolling elements located in the races between the inner and outer rings; a clutch ring with clutch fingers located in the clutch groove, the clutch fingers have adjacent spaces aligned with the pin openings; cam pins located in the pin openings, the cam pins each have a cam portion; and an actuator that moves the cam pins from an engaged position, in which the cam portions each engage a respective one of the clutch fingers and force the clutch fingers outwardly to a position above a race surface of the inner ring into engagement with the rolling elements so that torque is transferred from the outer ring to the inner ring, to a released position, in which the cam portions of the cam pins are disengaged from the clutch fingers, which move beneath the race surface of the inner ring so that the rolling elements are movable on the race of the inner ring so that the outer ring is rotatable relative to the inner ring via the rolling elements.