Patent ID: 7832739

Claim:
A stabilizer bar system comprising: a clutch having a housing assembly, a plurality of coupling members and an actuator, the housing assembly defining a bore with a longitudinal axis, the coupling members being arranged concentrically about the longitudinal axis, the actuator including a plunger that is slidably disposed along the longitudinal axis between a first plunger position and a second plunger position, the actuator being selectively operable for applying a plunger force to the plunger that is configured to move the plunger to the second plunger position such that the plunger applies a corresponding force that moves a first one of the coupling members along the longitudinal axis from a first position to a second position; a first stabilizer bar member coupled to a second one of the coupling members; and a second stabilizer bar member non-rotatably coupled to the housing assembly; wherein placement of the first one of the coupling members in one of the first and second positions non-rotatably couples the first one of the coupling members to the second one of the coupling members to inhibit relative rotation between the first and second stabilizer bar members and wherein the first one of the coupling members is disengaged from the second one of the coupling members to permit relative rotation between the first and second stabilizer bar members when the first one of the coupling members is positioned in the other one of the first and second positions; wherein the first one of the coupling members is disposed about the plunger.