Inventors:
Kevin Charles Dutt - Southborough MA
Raymond Sydney Schwartz - Atkinson NH
Stuart Joesph MacNeill - Kittery ME
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation - Wilmington DE
International Classification:
F16D 702
Abstract:
A coupling mechanism (1) has a threaded body (12) adapted to establish a threaded coupling when rotated, a housing (2) being rotatable by the application of torque thereto, a thrust member (6) coupling the threaded body (12) and the housing (2) for rotation together until a torque limit is attained, and the thrust member (6) decoupling from the threaded body (12) by displacement of the thrust member (6) against frictional resistance of peaked ridges (16) and a bias by a resilient spring (5).