Abstract: A clutch assembly, the assembly may include a first member having a locking structure and a second member having a receiving area. The assembly may include a locking element supported in the receiving area of the second member, the locking element moving between an engaged position where the locking element holds or transfers torque between the first and second members and a disengaged position where the locking element holds or transfers no torque between the first and second members. The locking element includes a socket. Moreover, the assembly may include a reciprocating member in the socket when the locking element is in the disengaged position.

Abstract: A clutch assembly that includes an actuator, an apply spring, a pocket plate, which has a pocket, and a strut (e.g., a teeter-totter strut) retained in the pocket, is provided. The apply spring continually acts on the strut for the strut to be in an engaged position. The strut, in response to the actuator additionally acting on the strut, pivots from the engaged position to a disengaged position. The clutch assembly is configured to prevent unintended deployment of the strut due to shock load so that, when the strut is in the disengaged position due to the actuator additionally acting on the strut, the clutch assembly prevents the shock load from causing the strut to pivot from the disengaged position to the engaged position.

Abstract: In some implementations, the device may include a first member having a locking structure and a second member having a receiving area. The device may include a locking element supported in the receiving area of the second member, the locking element moving between an engaged position where the locking element holds or transfers torque between the first and second members and a disengaged position where the locking element holds or transfers no torque between the first and second members. The locking element includes a socket. Moreover, the device may include a reciprocating member in the socket when the locking element is in the disengaged position.

Abstract: A clutch assembly that includes an actuator, an apply spring, a pocket plate, which has a pocket, and a strut (e.g., a teeter-totter strut) retained in the pocket, is provided. The apply spring continually acts on the strut for the strut to be in an engaged position. The strut, in response to the actuator additionally acting on the strut, pivots from the engaged position to a disengaged position. The clutch assembly is configured to prevent unintended deployment of the strut due to shock load so that, when the strut is in the disengaged position due to the actuator additionally acting on the strut, the clutch assembly prevents the shock load from causing the strut to pivot from the disengaged position to the engaged position.

Abstract: A coupling member for an engageable coupling assembly includes a coupling face having at least one pocket. Each pocket is sized and shaped to receive and nominally retain a locking member that lays down in its pocket during an overrunning condition of the assembly at a laydown angular velocity of the coupling member about a rotational axis of the assembly. Each pocket has a pocket axis which is angled with respect to a normal to a centerline of the coupling member to improve locking member dynamics with regards to strut laydown speed during the overrunning condition.

Abstract: A coupling member for an engageable coupling assembly includes a coupling face having at least one pocket. Each pocket is sized and shaped to receive and nominally retain a locking member that lays down in its pocket during an overrunning condition of the assembly at a laydown angular velocity of the coupling member about a rotational axis of the assembly. Each pocket has a pocket axis which is angled with respect to a normal to a centerline of the coupling member to improve locking member dynamics with regards to strut laydown speed during the overrunning condition.