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(11) EP 2 676 045 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
25.12.2013 Bulletin 2013/52

(21) Application number: 12747221.5

(22) Date of filing: 14.02.2012
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F16D 41/12(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2012/025046
(87) International publication number:
WO 2012/112550 (23.08.2012 Gazette 2012/34)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(30) Priority: 14.02.2011 US 201161463208 P
26.08.2011 US 201113218817
10.02.2012 US 201213370507

(71) Applicant: Means Industries, Inc.
Saginaw, MI 48601-2893 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • KIMES, John W.
    Wayne, Michigan 48184 (US)
  • MCCLEER, Patrick J.
    Jackson, Michigan 49203 (US)

(74) Representative: Miller, James Lionel Woolverton 
Kilburn & Strode LLP 20 Red Lion Street
London WC1R 4PJ
London WC1R 4PJ (GB)

   


(54) ELECTROMECHANICAL ASSEMBLY TO CONTROL THE OPERATING MODE OF A COUPLING APPARATUS