US 12,146,531 B2
Clutch assembly
Carl Thomas Beiser, Frankenmuth, MI (US)
Assigned to Means Industries, Inc., Saginaw, MI (US)
Filed by Means Industries, Inc., Saginaw, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/111,169.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/316,990, filed on Mar. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0279907 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. F16D 21/04 (2006.01); F16D 11/16 (2006.01); F16D 41/12 (2006.01); F16D 41/16 (2006.01); F16D 11/00 (2006.01); F16D 121/20 (2012.01)
CPC F16D 21/04 (2013.01) [F16D 11/16 (2013.01); F16D 41/125 (2013.01); F16D 41/16 (2013.01); F16D 2011/006 (2013.01); F16D 2121/20 (2013.01); F16D 2500/10493 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clutch assembly comprising:
a housing;
a rotatable input shaft fixed to a pocket plate;
a rotatable output shaft fixed to a notch plate;
a first selectable one-way clutch coupling the housing to the output shaft;
a second selectable one-way clutch coupling the housing to the output shaft, the second selectable one-way clutch operating independently of the first selectable one-way clutch;
a third selectable one-way clutch coupling the input shaft to the output shaft, the third selectable one-way clutch including a stator, a translator, and a locking element wherein the translator rotates with and moves axially relative to the pocket plate and affects movement of the locking element;
a fourth selectable one-way clutch coupling the input shaft to the output shaft, the fourth selectable one-way clutch including a stator, a translator, and a locking element wherein the translator rotates with and moves axially relative to the pocket plate and affects movement of the locking element, the fourth selectable one-way clutch operating independently of the third selectable one-way clutch; and
the first selectable one-way clutch includes a solenoid, a plunger, and a locking element wherein the plunger affects movement of the locking element, and the second selectable one-way clutch includes a solenoid, a plunger and a locking element wherein the plunger affects movement of the locking element.