US PATENT SUBCLASS 192 / 48.6
.~.~.~.~ And another clutch-assemblage having unirotationally engaging clutch elements

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192 /   HD   CLUTCHES AND POWER-STOP CONTROL

30 R  DF  CLUTCHES {15}
48.1  DF  .~ Plural clutch-assemblage {7}
48.3  DF  .~.~ Diverse clutch-assemblages {2}
48.5  DF  .~.~.~ Including one clutch-assemblage having interdigitated clutch-elements {1}
48.6.~.~.~.~ And another clutch-assemblage having unirotationally engaging clutch elements

DEFINITION

Classification: 192/48.6

(under subclass 48.5) Device wherein a second one of the associated clutch-assemblages is provided with clutch-elements that transmit torque from an input shaft to an output shaft in only one direction of rotation of the input shaft, which clutch-elements permit rotation in said direction of the output shaft relative to the input shaft.

(1) Note. The clutch-assemblage herein is also known by the terms "Overrunning clutch", "One-way clutch" and "Free-wheeling clutch". The purpose of such arrangement is to cause engagement of the clutch-elements when the input shaft is powered whereby the output shaft will rotate at least as fast as the input shaft, but to permit the output shaft to rotate faster than the input shaft under certain conditions of operation.

(2) Note. This subclass provides for two or more clutch-assemblages, one of which has positively-engaging clutch-elements and another of which has one-way-engaging clutch-elements.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

41+, for a one-way-engaging clutch.

48.92, for plurality of one-way-engaging clutch-assemblages.