Three-dimensional roller locking sprags
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A torque coupling sprag system, comprising:
- a drive member selected from a male type and a female type member, said drive member including a first pair of mutually spaced apart and mutually inclined contact surfaces for directly contacting a sprag member, said sprag member having an outermost perimeter located in a plane normal to an axis of rotation of said sprag member,a reaction member including a second pair of mutually spaced apart and mutually inclined contact surfaces for directly contacting said sprag member, andsaid sprag member selected from a male type and a female type member opposite said selection of said drive member and said reaction member and located between and biased against said pairs of contact surfaces of both said drive member and said reaction member and having a third pair of mutually spaced apart contact surfaces in direct contact with said first pair of contact surfaces of said drive member and a fourth pair of mutually spaced apart contact surfaces in direct contact with said second pair of contact surfaces of said reaction member, at a location radially inside said outermost perimeter of said sprag member, andwherein one pair of contact surfaces of said first and third pairs of contact surfaces and one pair of contact surfaces of said second and fourth pairs of contact surfaces, respectively, comprise curved contact surfaces having a predetermined radius of curvature, andwherein said sprag member comprises a rotatable member having a radius of rotation and wherein said radius of curvature of said third and fourth pairs of contact surfaces is relatively large relative to said radius of rotation.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A torque coupling sprag system which provides contact between the sides of at least one groove and at least two contact surfaces angled with respect to the central axial direction of at least one rotatable 3-D sprag member located between a drive member and a reaction member. The surface contacts between the members include various combinations of surface segments arranged in a predetermined manner to define a desired configuration. The contact radius of the 3-D sprag member is significantly larger than its rolling radius; however, radii can be varied in size and shape independently of each other, particularly the contact radius.
36 Citations
27 Claims
-
1. A torque coupling sprag system, comprising:
-
a drive member selected from a male type and a female type member, said drive member including a first pair of mutually spaced apart and mutually inclined contact surfaces for directly contacting a sprag member, said sprag member having an outermost perimeter located in a plane normal to an axis of rotation of said sprag member, a reaction member including a second pair of mutually spaced apart and mutually inclined contact surfaces for directly contacting said sprag member, and said sprag member selected from a male type and a female type member opposite said selection of said drive member and said reaction member and located between and biased against said pairs of contact surfaces of both said drive member and said reaction member and having a third pair of mutually spaced apart contact surfaces in direct contact with said first pair of contact surfaces of said drive member and a fourth pair of mutually spaced apart contact surfaces in direct contact with said second pair of contact surfaces of said reaction member, at a location radially inside said outermost perimeter of said sprag member, and wherein one pair of contact surfaces of said first and third pairs of contact surfaces and one pair of contact surfaces of said second and fourth pairs of contact surfaces, respectively, comprise curved contact surfaces having a predetermined radius of curvature, and wherein said sprag member comprises a rotatable member having a radius of rotation and wherein said radius of curvature of said third and fourth pairs of contact surfaces is relatively large relative to said radius of rotation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
-
-
22. A torque coupling sprag system, comprising:
-
a drive member including a sprag contact surface having a first pair of mutually spaced apart contact surface regions, a reaction member including a sprag contact surface having a second pair of mutually spaced apart contact surface regions, and a sprag member located between and biased against said drive member and said reaction member, said sprag member having an outermost perimeter located in a plane normal to an axis of rotation of said sprag member and having a third pair of mutually spaced apart contact surface regions complementary with and in direct contact with said first pair of contact surface regions of said drive member at a location radially inside said outermost perimeter of said sprag member, and having a fourth pair of mutually spaced apart contact surface regions complementary with and in direct contact with said second pair of contact surface regions of said reaction member, and wherein one pair of contact surfaces of said first and third pairs of contact surfaces and one pair of contact surfaces of said second and fourth pairs of contact surfaces, respectively, comprise curved contact surfaces having a predetermined radius of curvature, and wherein said sprag member comprises a rotatable member having a radius of rotation and wherein said radius of curvature of said third and fourth pairs of contact surfaces is relatively large relative to said radius of rotation. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
-
Specification