Patent ID: 8770367

Claim:
A device comprising: a torque-transmitting mechanism selectively engageable by radially-outward force to transfer torque between a rotatable input member and a rotatable output member; a mass connected for rotation with the output member; another mass connected for rotation with the input member and configured to move radially outward as the speed of the input member increases and thereby causing a first axial force on the torque-transmitting mechanism; a rocker connected at a pivot to one of the input member and the output member; wherein said mass is configured to move radially outward as the output member rotates to cause a second axial force that reduces torque transfer from the input member to the output member as the speed of the output member approaches the speed of the input member; wherein the first axial force is applied to the torque-transmitting mechanism through the rocker and causes the rocker to rotate in a first rotational direction about the pivot; and wherein the second axial force is applied to the torque-transmitting mechanism through the rocker and causes the rocker to rotate about the pivot in a second rotational direction opposing the first rotational direction.