US 12,449,006 B2
Clutch and work machine having same
You Liang Chen, Dongguan (CN)
Assigned to TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP, Anderson, SC (US)
Filed by Techtronic Cordless GP, Anderson, SC (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/524,883.
Claims priority of application No. 202211538123.1 (CN), filed on Dec. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0183410 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. F16D 41/12 (2006.01); A01D 69/08 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 41/12 (2013.01) [A01D 69/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clutch comprising:
an input member configured to receive a driving force and rotatable about a rotation axis under action of the driving force, the input member having at least one protrusion extending in a radial direction relative to the rotation axis;
an output member configured to output rotational motion and having at least one transmission engagement part;
a mounting member comprising:
at least one elongated slot defining a movement path; and
a damping element configured to dampen the mounting member against rotation from the driving force; and
at least one transmission member disposed in the at least one elongated slot, the at least one transmission member configured to move within the at least one elongated slot between a first position in which the at least one transmission member is engageable with the at least one transmission engagement part and a second position of disengagement, the at least one transmission member being located in a path of rotational motion of the at least one protrusion to abut the at least one protrusion and be driven to move to the first position by rotation of the input member, wherein displacement of the at least one transmission member between the first position and the second position has a component in the radial direction.