Pulley for a motor vehicle engine

    公开(公告)号:US11946512B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-02

    申请号:US17760382

    申请日:2021-02-11

    CPC classification number: F16D11/14 F16D27/09 F16D27/105 F16D27/112

    Abstract: A pulley unit has a hub configured to be connected to a crankshaft, a pulley coaxial to the hub and supported in a rotationally free manner with respect thereto, a clutch interposed between the hub and the pulley, and an actuator for controlling the clutch, The clutch has an inner disc rotationally coupled to the hub and an engagement portion housed inside the pulley, a mobile member axially movable between an engagement position in which the mobile member rotationally couples the pulley to the engagement portion of the inner disc and a disengagement position in which the pulley is rotationally free with respect to the inner disc, and an elastic element acting on the mobile member to push it towards the engagement position.

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