A linear clutch includes a main body engaged with a locking assembly. The locking assembly includes a spring and a wedge configured to engage the spring. The wedge includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, with the second surface including a taper configured to engage a taper on a wall section of the main body. The locking assembly also includes a roller bearing assembly configured to fit within the tapers of the first wedge and the main body. Furthermore, the locking assembly includes a lever configured to engage the wedge and to move between an unlocked position and a locked position.

A linear clutch includes a main body engaged with a locking assembly. The locking assembly includes a spring and a wedge configured to engage the spring. The wedge includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, with the second surface including a taper configured to engage a taper on a wall section of the main body. The locking assembly also includes a roller bearing assembly configured to fit within the tapers of the first wedge and the main body. Furthermore, the locking assembly includes a lever configured to engage the wedge and to move between an unlocked position and a locked position.

To provide a simple-structured cam clutch that does not require precise control and is operable with a smaller drive force and less prone to damage on cam surfaces or inner and outer raceways. The cam clutch includes a plurality of cams circumferentially arranged between an inner race and an outer race and supported by a cage member, and a selector capable of changing an orientation of the cams. The selector includes a driven part allowing a rotation angle thereof to be controlled relative to the inner race or outer race to which the cage member is fixedly attached, and a selector body circumferentially displaceable relative to the driven part in a resilient manner by a spring-loaded mechanism. The selector body includes a cam orientation control protrusion capable of changing the orientation of the cams by making contact with the cams.

To provide a cam clutch easily switchable from a torque transmitting state to a freewheeling state even during torque transmission between race members. The cam clutch includes a plurality of cams set between a first race member and a second race member. The first race member and second race member are spaced away in the axial direction along the rotation axis of the first race member. The plurality of cams are disposed between the first race member and the second race member in the axial direction, and the first race member and the second race member are configured to be able to move relatively closer to and away from each other in the axial direction.

To provide a cam clutch easily switchable from a torque transmitting state to a freewheeling state even during torque transmission between race members. The cam clutch includes a plurality of cams set between a first race member and a second race member. The first race member and second race member are spaced away in the axial direction along the rotation axis of the first race member. The plurality of cams are disposed between the first race member and the second race member in the axial direction, and the first race member and the second race member are configured to be able to move relatively closer to and away from each other in the axial direction.

A conical surface friction type overrunning clutch includes a first intermediate ring and a second intermediate ring which are provided between an inner ring and an outer ring, and force amplifying transmission mechanisms are connected respectively to conical surface friction pairs. All of the force amplifying transmission mechanisms and the conical surface friction pairs operate within a parameter scope in which they would not lock themselves, the force amplifying transmission mechanisms are in a constant engaged state, and the conical surface friction pairs exert an initial press via an elastic pre-tightening part or a magnetic member. When tangential external component forces in different directions are generated between the inner ring and the outer ring, the conical surface friction pairs are sliding or stay in a stationary state under the action of the force amplifying transmission mechanism, thus the functions of overrunning and self-locking of the overrunning clutch are realized.

A conical surface friction type overrunning clutch includes a first intermediate ring and a second intermediate ring which are provided between an inner ring and an outer ring, and force amplifying transmission mechanisms are connected respectively to conical surface friction pairs. All of the force amplifying transmission mechanisms and the conical surface friction pairs operate within a parameter scope in which they would not lock themselves, the force amplifying transmission mechanisms are in a constant engaged state, and the conical surface friction pairs exert an initial press via an elastic pre-tightening part or a magnetic member. When tangential external component forces in different directions are generated between the inner ring and the outer ring, the conical surface friction pairs are sliding or stay in a stationary state under the action of the force amplifying transmission mechanism, thus the functions of overrunning and self-locking of the overrunning clutch are realized.

A differential arrangement including a wedge clutch assembly is provided. The wedge clutch assembly includes a cage with a first plurality of tapered crossbars to at least partially define a plurality of tapered wedge pockets. A plurality of wedges are each arranged within a respective one of the plurality of wedge pockets and within a circumferential groove of an input drive gear or a differential assembly. An actuator assembly is configured to move the cage in at least one of a first axial direction or a second axial direction. Movement of the first plurality of tapered crossbars in one of the first axial direction or the second axial direction circumferentially drives the plurality of wedges into contact with the circumferential groove such that the input drive gear drives the differential assembly.

A differential arrangement including a wedge clutch assembly is provided. The wedge clutch assembly includes a cage with a first plurality of tapered crossbars to at least partially define a plurality of tapered wedge pockets. A plurality of wedges are each arranged within a respective one of the plurality of wedge pockets and within a circumferential groove of an input drive gear or a differential assembly. An actuator assembly is configured to move the cage in at least one of a first axial direction or a second axial direction. Movement of the first plurality of tapered crossbars in one of the first axial direction or the second axial direction circumferentially drives the plurality of wedges into contact with the circumferential groove such that the input drive gear drives the differential assembly.

An overrunning alternator pulley includes: a shaft including a flange disposed at a first end of the shaft, an axle extending from a first side of the flange to a second end of the shaft, the second end of the shaft being opposed to the first end of the shaft, first splines including one or more teeth, the one or more teeth being disposed on the axle proximate to the flange, a pulley including an inner bore extending through the pulley, and a bearing adapted to engage the first splines, in which the bearing transmits torque when a relative rotation between the pulley and the shaft is in a first direction, and the bearing overruns when the relative rotation between the pulley and the shaft is in a second direction opposite to the first direction.