Abstract: A clutch system may include in certain embodiments a clutch body attached to a drive member such as a drive pulley, wherein the clutch body may be removed from the drive member without disassembling the clutch body. In various embodiments, the clutch body may include two clutch plates which enclose a spring-loaded pneumatic reciprocating assembly that in operation causes the plates to selectively separate and engage one another. In certain embodiments, the clutch body may be readily attached to a associated drive pulley in a single step by installation of a single set of fasteners.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 11, 2007
Publication date:
February 7, 2008
Applicant:
KIT MASTERS INC.
Inventors:
Craig Swanson, Thomas Jagger, George Pieper
Abstract: A clutch system may include in certain embodiments a clutch body attached to a drive member such as a drive pulley, wherein the clutch body may be removed from the drive member without disassembling the clutch body. In various embodiments, the clutch body may include two clutch plates which enclose a spring-loaded pneumatic reciprocating assembly that in operation causes the plates to selectively separate and engage one another. In certain embodiments, the clutch body may be readily attached to a associated drive pulley in a single step by installation of a single set of fasteners.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 28, 2007
Date of Patent:
December 25, 2007
Assignee:
Kit Masters Inc.
Inventors:
Craig M. Swanson, Thomas M. Jagger, George S. Pieper
Abstract: A clutch system may include in certain embodiments a clutch body attached to a drive member such as a drive pulley, wherein the clutch body may be removed from the drive member without disassembling the clutch body. In various embodiments, the clutch body may include two clutch plates which enclose a spring-loaded pneumatic reciprocating assembly that in operation causes the plates to selectively separate and engage one another. In certain embodiments, the clutch body may be readily attached to a associated drive pulley in a single step by installation of a single set of fasteners.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 28, 2007
Publication date:
June 21, 2007
Applicant:
KIT MASTERS INC.
Inventors:
Craig Swanson, Thomas Jagger, George Pieper
Abstract: A clutch system may include in certain embodiments a clutch body attached to a drive member such as a drive pulley, wherein the clutch body may be removed from the drive member without disassembling the clutch body. In various embodiments, the clutch body may include two clutch plates which enclose a spring-loaded pneumatic reciprocating assembly that in operation causes the plates to selectively separate and engage one another. In certain embodiments, the clutch body may be readily attached to a associated drive pulley in a single step by installation of a single set of fasteners.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 18, 2006
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2007
Assignee:
Kit Masters Inc.
Inventors:
Craig M. Swanson, Thomas M. Jagger, George S. Pieper
Abstract: A clutch system may include in certain embodiments a clutch body attached to a drive member such as a drive pulley, wherein the clutch body may be removed from the drive member without disassembling the clutch body. In various embodiments, the clutch body may include two clutch plates which enclose a spring-loaded pneumatic reciprocating assembly that in operation causes the plates to selectively separate and engage one another. In certain embodiments, the clutch body may be readily attached to a associated drive pulley in a single step by installation of a single set of fasteners.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 21, 2004
Date of Patent:
September 12, 2006
Assignee:
Kit Masters Inc.
Inventors:
Craig M. Swanson, Thomas M. Jagger, George S. Pieper