Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wheel hub clutch, wheel hub, wheel end system, axle, drivetrain, and vehicle
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Application No.: US18279908Application Date: 2022-07-29
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Publication No.: US12054041B2Publication Date: 2024-08-06
- Inventor: Steven M. Thomas , David Hacker , Pavan Dunna
- Applicant: Means Industries, Inc. , Consolidated Metco, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Saginaw
- Assignee: Means Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Means Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Saginaw
- Agency: Reising Ethington P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2022/038804 2022.07.29
- International Announcement: WO2023/048826A 2023.03.30
- Date entered country: 2023-09-01
- Main IPC: B60K17/02
- IPC: B60K17/02 ; B60B27/04 ; B60K7/00 ; B60K17/35 ; B60K17/36 ; B60K23/08 ; F16D27/00 ; F16D27/14 ; F16D41/04

Abstract:
A wheel hub clutch includes: a notch plate; a pocket plate having pockets and plunger passages in communication with the pockets; locking members carried in the pocket plate pockets; and plungers carried in the pocket plate plunger passages and configured to drive the locking members into engagement with the notches in the notch plate. The clutch also may include a translator with a permanent magnet that cooperates with an electromagnet of a stator to translate the translator. The translator may be coupled to the locking members to translate them into and out of engagement with the notch plate. Also disclosed is a wheel end system including the wheel hub clutch, a drivetrain including the wheel end system and wheel hub clutch, and a vehicle including the drivetrain.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240051385A1 WHEEL HUB CLUTCH, WHEEL HUB, WHEEL END SYSTEM, AXLE, DRIVETRAIN, AND VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2024-02-15
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