US 12,092,172 B2
Controllable clutch assembly
Dustin M. Finn, Essexville, MI (US); and Conner S. Jurs, Midland, MI (US)
Assigned to Means Industries, Inc., Saginaw, MI (US)
Filed by Means Industries, Inc., Saginaw, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/132,800.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/331,037, filed on Apr. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0332653 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. F16D 41/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 41/125 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clutch assembly comprising:
a first shaft rotatable about a rotational axis;
a second shaft rotatable about the rotational axis;
a first component directly connected to the first shaft;
a second component directly connected to the second shaft;
a third component directly connected to the second component wherein the third component does not directly contact either of the first shaft and the second shaft;
a passive one-way clutch between the first component and the third component; and
an active one-way clutch between the first component and the second component, the active one-way clutch including an electromagnetic actuator including a stator having at least one inductive coil and a translator, the at least one inductive coil acts on the translator wherein the translator moves axially in the direction of the rotational axis.