Abstract: A power transmission disconnect device with an operational interlock wherein a pair of clutch members are selectively engageable to transmit power from an input gear to an output shaft. Remotely operable means acts through a throwout sleeve to position a disconnect shaft to have the clutch members either engaged or disengaged. An operational interlock responsive to the speed of an input gear to the disconnect device prevents actuation of the clutch to either engaged or disengaged position when said speed is above a predetermined speed. Sensors are associated with the structure to assist in proper operation of the disconnect device.

Abstract: A clutch cover assembly comprising a pressure plate; a diaphragm spring; a clutch cover; a release mechanism and a pair of wire rings forming fulcrums for the diaphragm spring; and characterized in that; said clutch cover is provided at the inner periphery with circumferentially spaced projections, which are bent and extended through openings in the diaphragm spring toward the pressure plate, said wire rings are supported from the inner peripheral sides and the sides opposite to the diaphragm spring by said projections, the wire ring is provided with a cut and an end portion which is bent and inserted without a play into a circumferential space between a side edge of the opening in the diaphragm spring and a side edge of the projection, so that said bent end portion may prevent rotation of the diaphragm spring relative to the clutch cover.

Abstract: According to this assembly, the means of fixing in terms of traction, which are used between the engagement piece (25) of the clutch release bearing (10) and the gripping piece (13) attached to the disengaging device (11) to be controlled, comprise, on the one hand, a fixing ring (32) engaged in a retaining groove (33) provided in the engagement piece (25) and, on the other hand, a driving bearing surface (34) provided on the gripping piece (13).According to the invention, that flank of the retaining groove (33) which is axially located on the side opposite the driving bearing surface (34) in relation to the fixing ring (32) is oblique relative to the axis of the unit as a whole.The invention is used, in particular, for clutch release bearings of motor vehicles.

Abstract: The present invention discloses both a safety sensing system and a method of providing safety protection for presses or like industrial machines having a reciprocally movable operating head, ram, tool or beam. The basis of the system is the provision of a first beam (or a plurality of first beams) each of which is placed across and in front of the intended direction of travel of the pressing tool or blade. A second beam is arranged in the intended direction of travel and is broken by the tool or blade when the latter has reached a predetermined minimum height above a workpiece. A control system is provided which, during the operating stroke of the blade retracts the blade if any one or more of the first beam(s) is or are broken but the second beam is not broken. However, once the second beam is broken, the stroke of the blade is completed even if the first beam(s) is or are broken, for example, by folding of a pressed workpiece.

Abstract: A centrifugal type friction clutch, comprising: a first rotary coupling member provided with a plural number of friction element support means on the outer peripheral portions thereof; a second rotary coupling member having a cylindrical inner peripheral surface disposed coaxially with the outer periphery of the first rotary coupling member and provided with a frictional engaging surface thereon; and friction coupling elements respectively supported by the friction element support means and displaceable radially outward according to the rotational speed of the first rotary coupling member for engagement with the frictional engaging surface of the second rotary coupling member; each one of the friction coupling elements comprising an arcuate friction shoe with a frictional engaging surface on the outer periphery thereof, a resilient retractor means located between the friction shoe and friction element support means, and a cam means pivotally supported on the first rotary coupling member for pressing the frict

Abstract: A clutch disk for a motor vehicle clutch comprises a clutch lining carrier with a cover plate facing a first side face of the hub disk. In view of frictional damping of angular movement of the clutch lining carrier with respect to a hub carrying the hub disk a pressure plate is provided axially between the cover plate and the first side face of the hub disk. A friction ring is provided axially between the pressure plate and the side face. Leaf springs are provided axially between the cover plate and the pressure plate. These leaf springs generate an axial pressure between the pressure plate and the side face and connect the pressure plate for common angular movement with the cover plate.

Abstract: A clutch for a motor vehicle is provided in which the reaction plate assembly is made of two separate parts fixed to one another by fastening means, namely a transverse supporting bracket, by means of which it can be fixed to the input shaft, and a reaction element with which the associated friction disc can interact. The reaction plate element and the supporting bracket bear axially on one another by means of local seats providing circumferentially between them recesses which open freely outwards radially, the cover being fixed to the said reaction plate element. This arrangement provides good ventilation in the space between the supporting bracket and the reaction plate element. Furthermore the components between which the friction disc is interposed have similar thermal characteristics and this is favorable to balanced working conditions of the said friction disc on the respective faces.

Abstract: A vehicular transmission having multiple gear trains including an ultra-low speed for all-wheel operation. A gear train selecting and shifting mechanism includes a select shaft and a shift shaft rotatably mounted perpendicular to each other. A shift piece slidably mounted on another shaft for engaging the shift forks for establishing the selected gear train. An arm is mounted on the select shaft for pivoting thereby and engages the shift piece for selecting the desired shift fork. Another arm is mounted on the shift shaft for pivoting thereby and engages the shift piece for causing shifting of the gear trains. Push-pull wires are provided from the driver's position for causing rotation of the select and shift shafts through external levers. An interlock plate prevents selection of the shift fork for the ultra-low speed unless a transfer gear clutch is engaged for all-wheel vehicle operation.

Abstract: A one-way clutch biasing means for an automatic transmission, comprising: an inner spline formed on a one-way clutch retaining member; an outer spline formed on the outer race of the one-way clutch and loosely meshed with the inner spline; and a resilient member fitted between a side wall surface of the inner spline of the retaining member and an opposing side wall surface of the outer spline of the outer race to urge the outer race constantly in the locking direction of the one-way clutch.

Abstract: A drive mechanism for a machine such as a machine tool or robot includes a rotatable shaft, e.g. a lead screw or spindle, drivingly connected with a movable element, e.g. a worktable or tool support, in the machine, a drive shaft for rotation by a motor and a coupling unit, e.g. clutch or gear transmission, for drivingly connecting the drive shaft with the rotatable shaft to move the movable element in a predetermined form of movement under a variable load in the machine. Encoders are provided in a rotation-sensing relationship with the drive shaft and the rotatable shaft, respectively, to feed two trains of rotation-responsive pulses into a differential counter which provides a difference in angle of rotation signal representing an instantaneous torque produced at the drive coupling unit between the drive and rotatable shafts.

Abstract: In a synchronizing mechanism for clutches, there are provided between the gear shift sleeve and the synchronizing ring (14,15) stop bodies in the form of dogs (25, 26) which are in contact with the gear shift sleeve (between the teeth 34) in the circumferential direction by form-locking engagement and in the axial direction through spring-loaded stop balls (21) and in the neutral position are spaced from the synchronizing ring by a distance substantially equal to the axial extension of the check faces (32, 33) between the gear shift sleeve and the synchronizing ring. In this manner it is ensured that during shifting the axial force previously exerted through the check faces (32, 33) on the synchronizing ring (for instance 15) is replaced by an axial force which is transmitted by the dog and which prevents the synchronizing ring from coming off the countercone before the form-locking connection between the gear shift sleeve and the clutch body is established.

Abstract: A hydraulic control circuit controls flow of cooling or lube fluid to a pair of wet clutches, such as a traction clutch and a PTO clutch of an agricultural tractor. The control circuit intermittently and temporarily increases the lube flow as a function of the engagement states of the clutches. The control circuit includes a dual pilot-operated valve wherein one pilot is larger and receives clutch operating pressure. The smaller pilot receives system pressure via a check valve and fluid exits from the smaller pilot via a fluid restrictor.

Abstract: The action of a primary damping device between two coaxial parts of a flywheel which is driven by the crankshaft of the engine in a motor vehicle and transmits torque to the input shaft of the change-speed transmission is influenced by a blocking device, by a friction generating device or by an auxiliary damping device in such a way that the resistance which the primary damping device offers to rotation of the two parts relative to each other decreases with increasing RPM of the engine. The blocking device, the friction generating device and the auxiliary damping device can be operated by centrifugal force in such a way that the two parts of the flywheel are positively or frictionally coupled to each other when the RPM of the engine is at or below the idling RPM.

Abstract: A control device to remotely engage and disengage a clutch having a manually-operable lever, consisting of a link pivoted to the lever and to a sector plate. The latter is pivotally mounted on a base and is adapted for movement with a swing arm mounted on the same pivot and extending radially of the sector plate. The swing arm carries a slidable dog releasably engaged with the sector plate and is moved by a power-operated lifter. The sector plate is connected to the link and is adapted to move between a first declutched position, and a second clutched position, and a final operative position intermediate the two first-named positions, nearer the second position, thereby preventing undue stress on the bearings of the clutch actuation assembly when the clutch is operative.

Abstract: A combination range and master clutch assembly includes a separator plate, at least one clutch, a fluid actuated main piston for engaging each clutch, and at least one fluid actuated accelerator piston. The separator plate and main piston define first and second main chambers in communication with each other. The main piston and each accelerator piston define an accelerator chamber. Sliding of each accelerator piston blocks communication between the main chambers. The assembly is controlled by providing fluid at an operating pressure which may be modulated between low and high pressures. Fluid is selectively delivered to an accelerator chamber at the operating pressure when it is below a threshold pressure level, and to both the accelerator chamber and its associated main chamber at the operating pressure when it is above the threshold pressure level.

Abstract: In a one-way clutch bearing having an outer race having an annular inner surface, an inner race having an annular outer surface corresponding to and concentric with the inner surface, and rolling members disposed in an annular space formed between the inner surface and the outer surface, whereby relative rotation of the inner and outer races in one direction is prevented by displacement of the rolling members in the space and a torque is transmitted, holding means for holding the rolling members is provided at a displacement position whereat the rolling members transmit a predetermined transmission torque, and means is provided for decreasing a wedge angle (an angle defined by a line extending from the center of the inner race to the point of contact between the rolling member and the inner race and a line passing through the points of contact between the rolling member and the inner and outer races) at a position before the rolling members arrive at the displacement position.

Abstract: Protection apparatus (15) for use with universal drive shafts (13) and including a sensor (16) mounted in spaced relationship relative to the shaft (13) and actuated when the shaft undergoes a predetermined degree of movement beyond its normal attitude, actuation of the sensor causing drive to be removed from the drive shaft (13) and/or generation of a warning signal.

Abstract: This specification discloses a one-way clutch rolling member holder for holding a plurality of rolling members disposed between the annular inner surface of an outer race and the annular outer surface of an inner race and intermittently transmitting a torque, characterized in that the holder has a plurality of holding surfaces disposed between the rolling members, and some or all of the holding surfaces have a planar portion bearing against the annular inner surface of the outer race or the annular outer surface of the inner race. The specification also disclosed a one-way clutch having such holder.

Abstract: The clutch disc for a motor vehicle friction clutch comprises a hub (1) and a friction lining carrier mounted rotatably through a limited angle of rotation on the hub (1), with side discs (9, 11) firmly connected into one unit and arranged axially on both sides of a hub flange (7). The friction lining carrier is mounted through a guide ring (15) on the hub (1). The guide ring (15) comprises a ring part (41), which can be a component of a friction damper (29), and a ring extension piece (53) guiding the friction lining carrier radially on the hub (1). The ring extension piece (53) is made radially resilient and centers the friction lining carrier radially without play on the hub (1). The guide ring (15) can comprise axial tongues or a coating of elastic material for the generation of initial radial stress forces.

Abstract: An automobile differential gear system capable of establishing an appropriate differential motion between the right and left driving axles of an automobile so that the automobile is able to run smoothly along a curve where the right and left driving axles are required to be driven at different revolving rates respectively. The system comprises a differential gear, a steering angle detecting unit for detecting a steering angle, a driving speed detecting unit for detecting the speed of the differential gear case, a pinion speed control unit which provides a control signal for controlling the differential motion of the right and left driving axles of the automobile, and a pinion driving unit for rotating the pinions to control the respective revolving rates of the right and left driving axles according to the control signal so that correct and quick response of the movement of the automobile to steering operation is achieved.