Patent ID: 6398654
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
In an overload clutch including first and second rotating parts, normally coupled for rotation together about an axis, and a shear element which shears during an overload so as to disengage said first rotating part from said second rotating part, the improvement comprising: said clutch including first and second clutch elements mounted in side-by-side relationship to each other for rotation about said axis; said first and second clutch elements including respective surfaces that can be positively engaged with one another, in different angular positions of said clutch elements so that said clutch elements normally rotate together; a holding arrangement associated with said clutch elements for releasably maintaining said clutch elements in positive engagement with each other; said first clutch element being connected to said first rotating part; and a shear element connecting said second clutch element to the second rotating part for rotation together.