US Patent Issued to TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN on July 21 for "Selectable clutch and disconnect mechanism" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,204, issued on July 21, was assigned to TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN Co. (Osaka, Japan).

"Selectable clutch and disconnect mechanism" was invented by Yuji Kurematsu (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A selectable clutch includes a selector that performs ON/OFF operations of a first clutch mechanism. The first clutch mechanism includes a power-transmitting element that transmits or cuts off power between an input-side rotating element and an output-side rotating element in both rotational directions. The selector is coupled to an input shaft element, and coupled to the input-side rotating element by an engaging mechanism having a circu...