Patent ID: 7909339

Claim:
A stabilizer bar system comprising: a first stabilizer bar member; a second stabilizer bar member; and a clutch having a housing, a first coupling member, a second coupling member, and an actuator, the housing defining a bore into which the first stabilizer bar member is received, the second stabilizer bar member being non-rotatably coupled to the housing, the first coupling member being received in the bore and rotatable about an axis, the first coupling member being non-rotatably coupled to the first stabilizer bar member, the second coupling member being an annular structure that is axially movable along the rotational axis of the first coupling member between a first position, in which the second coupling member non-rotatably couples the first coupling member to the housing, and a second position that permits rotation of the first coupling member relative to the housing, the actuator being configured to move the second coupling member between the first and second positions, the actuator comprising a plunger that is axially movable along the rotational axis, the second coupling member being disposed concentrically about the plunger and the plunger extending at least partially through the second coupling member.