The present invention relates to torque transfer and torque limiting system technology and applications. This invention relates to providing improved torque limiting systems that employ tolerance rings for controlling transmitting power between a single power-input shaft and one or more power-output shafts, which can protect mechanical equipment and drivetrains from damage by mechanical overload. Relating to motor vehicle differentials, the present invention can control differentiation between two power-output shafts, or drive shafts by providing friction internal to said differential and limit undesirable slip or differentiation between wheels, as might occur when one wheel encounters a low-traction condition, providing a limited-slip differential.

A handwheel clutch includes a handwheel mounting unit including an axle sleeve with an external toothed ring portion and a lock nut threaded onto the axle sleeve, and a clutch unit including a clutch member with an internal toothed ring portion sleeved onto the axle sleeve and movable between a first position where the internal toothed ring portion is released from the external toothed ring portion for idle rotation of the clutch member relative to the axle sleeve and a second position where the internal toothed ring portion is meshed with the external toothed ring portion for allowing synchronous rotation of the axle sleeve with the clutch member.