Patent ID: 8091696

Claim:
A clutch assembly comprising: a first race defining a plurality of pockets; a second race being selectively rotatable with respect to the first race about an axis and defining a plurality of teeth; a plurality of springs; a plurality of rockers, each of said rockers being at least partially positioned within respective ones of said pockets, and being biased by a respective one of said springs into engagement with said teeth; and a selector member being disposed such that the second race concentrically surrounds at least a portion of the selector member and being selectively axially translatable between a first position in which the member permits engagement of at least one of the rockers with said teeth, and a second position in which the member prevents engagement of said at least one of the rockers with said teeth; wherein said plurality of rockers includes a first rocker and a second rocker; said first rocker being configured such that engagement of the first rocker with said teeth prevents rotation of the second race with respect to the first race in a first direction, and said second rocker being configured such that engagement of the second rocker with said teeth prevents rotation of the second race with respect to the first race in a second direction; wherein the selector member defines an L-shaped aperture characterized by a wide portion through which said first rocker extends when the member is in the first and second positions, and a narrow portion through which said second rocker extends when the member is in the first position; and wherein the wide portion, the narrow portion, the pockets, and the teeth are coplanar in a plane that is perpendicular to the axis.