Clutch system with a detent assembly
Methods and systems are provided for a clutch assembly. The clutch assembly includes, in one example, a sleeve that is configured to at least partially circumferentially surrounds a hub a detent assembly positioned in the hub and configured to hold the sleeve and the hub in a defined axial position. The detent assembly includes an opening with a ball and a spring positioned therein and a retaining device that maintains the spring and the ball in the opening, where the ball mates with a detent in the sleeve.
1. A clutch assembly, comprising:
a sleeve that is configured to at least partially circumferentially surround a hub; and
a detent assembly positioned in the hub, configured to hold the sleeve and the hub in a defined axial position, and including:
a first opening with a ball and a spring positioned therein; and
at least one of a circlip and a bushing that maintains the spring and the ball in the first opening;
wherein the ball mates with a detent in the sleeve.
2. The clutch assembly of claim 1 , wherein the circlip includes a tab configured to constrain rotation of the circlip.
3. The clutch assembly of claim 2 , wherein the tab mates with a second opening.
4. The clutch assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first opening is a through hole.
5. The clutch assembly of claim 1 , wherein the bushing is press-fit into the hub.
6. The clutch assembly of claim 1 , wherein the clutch assembly is included in a dog clutch.
7. The clutch assembly of claim 6 , wherein the sleeve includes a shift fork interface.
8. The clutch assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first opening includes a lip that radially delimits the ball.
9. The clutch assembly of claim 1 , wherein the detent assembly includes a plurality of openings which each include a ball and spring positioned therein.
10. The clutch assembly of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of openings are symmetrically spaced apart with regard to a central axis of the clutch assembly.
11. A dog clutch assembly, comprising:
a sleeve that at least partially circumferentially surrounds a hub;
a detent assembly positioned in the hub, configured to hold the sleeve and the hub in a defined axial position, and including:
a first through hole with a ball and a spring positioned therein; and
a circlip or a bushing that maintains the spring in the first through hole;
wherein the ball mates with a detent in the sleeve.
12. The dog clutch assembly of claim 11 , wherein the circlip includes a tab that mates with a second through hole and constrains rotation of the circlip, and wherein the second through hole does not include a ball or a spring.
13. The dog clutch assembly of claim 11 , wherein the detent assembly includes a second through hole and a third through hole which include balls and springs positioned therein.
14. The dog clutch assembly of claim 13 , wherein the first through hole, the second through hole, and the third through hole are sequentially spaced apart by 120° with regard to a central axis.
15. The dog clutch assembly of claim 11 , wherein the dog clutch assembly is included in a transmission.
16. The dog clutch assembly of claim 15 , wherein the transmission is an electric transmission.