COMPENSATION CLUTCH Russian patent published in 1996 - IPC

FIELD: mechanical engineering. SUBSTANCE: clutch has two clutch members interconnected through a stack of ring-shaped disks. The disks are connected with each other in series through contact members that are positioned on the end faces of each pair of the adjacent disks. The contact members are made up as two bushings mounted as a maximum at three points in openings in a pair of the adjacent disks through the intermediate ring. The bushing rigidly interconnects the pair by way of a thread provided at the ends of the bushings. The opposite sides of the bushing are provided with axially alined groove and locking pin with a head, which movably interact with the head of the locking pin and the groove, respectively. As a result there are continuous chains of interaction over the whole length of the stack. The chain are arranged uniformly over the end faces of the disks. The bushings are shifted in the adjacent chains in the direction to the longitudinal axis by one disk. Movement of the head of the locking pin in both directions inside the groove is arrested with its end faces. The value of the space between the bushings of the adjacent pairs of the disks in the direction to the longitudinal axis is 0.5-10. The locking pin is screwed in the threaded opening made in one of the bushings. This opening and the groove are axially alined. EFFECT: improved design. 2 cl, 4 dwg