CLUTCH WITH ADDITIONAL DEGREE OF FREEDOM Russian patent published in 2025 - IPC F16D5/00 F16H25/20 G05D13/02 

FIELD: machine building.

SUBSTANCE: clutch with additional degree of freedom contains drive and driven shafts, coaxially installed in supports of housing without possibility of displacement in axial direction, and installed between shafts with possibility of displacement in axial direction. Gears with internal teeth are rigidly fixed on the inner surface of the bushing, and a driven helical gear is installed on the driven shaft, the angle of inclination of teeth of which is opposite to the gear of the driving shaft. A control bearing is fixed on the bushing with the possibility of axial displacement of the bushing.

EFFECT: increased reliability of clutch operation and wider range of variation of the angle of rotation of the driven shaft relative to the drive shaft.

1 cl, 1 dwg