👉Patent pending 2026901295 Electronically Actuated Multi-Cone Clutch Platform for Industrial, Marine, Aerospace, Robotics, Mining, Rail, and Renewable Energy Applications; and
👉Patent pending 2026901148 A motor-assisted constant-mesh multi-cone selector transmission system for electric vehicles
MENAP TAM (Total Addressable Market) (2025–2030):• UAE — $1.2–2.0B• Saudi Arabia — $1.5–2.5B• Turkey — $0.8–1.5B• Egypt — $0.4–0.8B• Morocco — $0.3–0.6B• Algeria — $0.3–0.5B• Pakistan — $0.3–0.5B• Other MENAP — $0.5–1.0BCCS aligns directly with MENAP’s industrial priorities: compact, durable, high efficiency torque transfer systems suitable for EVs, off highway machinery, aviation, and energy.
OUR TECHNOLOGY
- Multi‑Cone Clutch Systems Re‑Engineered for the Electrified Era
- Our patented multi-cone systems deliver the following performance advantages:
- ✅84% higher torque capacity per unit axial force (independently validated)
- ✅Ultra‑fast electronic actuation
- ✅Low‑slip, low‑heat engagement
- ✅High‑RPM capability (10,000–30,000 rpm)
- ✅Regenerative motor‑assisted synchronisation
- ✅Torque fill for seamless power delivery
- ✅Advanced thermal management
- ✅AI‑based slip prediction and control
- 🥇This is torque transfer without compromise — compact, efficient, durable, and ready for the demands of modern electric robotic & industrial systems.
Stephen Hargreaves
Founder & Lead Inventor
Stephen brings decades of engineering, innovation, and commercialisation experience across Australia, the UK, and global markets. As the original founder behind the early multi‑cone selector clutch technology (later patented as US7231845B2), he has now re‑engineered the architecture for the electrified era — integrating electronic actuation, regenerative synchronisation, and advanced thermal control.
His vision is to build a global torque‑transfer platform that powers the next generation of electric vehicles, robots, industrial systems, and high‑performance machinery.
His vision is to build a global torque‑transfer platform that powers the next generation of electric vehicles, robots, industrial systems, and high‑performance machinery.
Robotics & Cobots
Robotics is one of the fastest‑growing markets for advanced actuation systems, and the CCS multi‑cone clutch platform is uniquely suited to the next generation of humanoids, industrial cobots, exoskeletons, mining robots, and autonomous mobile systems. CCS delivers high torque in a compact package, smooth electronic engagement, overload protection, and precise low‑slip control — all essential for safe, efficient robotic motion.
By replacing bulky gearsets and high‑wear friction components, CCS enables lighter joints, higher payloads, quieter operation, and more energy‑efficient movement. This makes it ideal for robotics manufacturers seeking performance gains without increasing size or power consumption.
Market PotentialThe global robotics and automation market is expanding rapidly, creating strong demand for compact, high‑torque actuators.
👉US$40–50 billion annual market for industrial and collaborative robots
👉US$20–30 billion emerging market for humanoid and service robots
👉Double‑digit annual growth across logistics, manufacturing, healthcare, mining, and defence
As robots become more capable and more widely deployed, demand for compact, high‑torque, electronically controlled actuators like CCS will accelerate. CCS positions itself as a platform technology ready to support this multi‑billion‑dollar global opportunity.
By replacing bulky gearsets and high‑wear friction components, CCS enables lighter joints, higher payloads, quieter operation, and more energy‑efficient movement. This makes it ideal for robotics manufacturers seeking performance gains without increasing size or power consumption.
Market PotentialThe global robotics and automation market is expanding rapidly, creating strong demand for compact, high‑torque actuators.
👉US$40–50 billion annual market for industrial and collaborative robots
👉US$20–30 billion emerging market for humanoid and service robots
👉Double‑digit annual growth across logistics, manufacturing, healthcare, mining, and defence
As robots become more capable and more widely deployed, demand for compact, high‑torque, electronically controlled actuators like CCS will accelerate. CCS positions itself as a platform technology ready to support this multi‑billion‑dollar global opportunity.
About Us CONE CLUTCH SOLUTIONS (CCS) Electric Vehicle "SMARTMATIC" Automatic Manual Transmissions
Engineering the Future of Electric-High‑Torque, High‑Efficiency Power Transfer with Electric-Multi-Cone-Clutches built & tested results up to 84% less axial force gain vs Flat-plate clutches.
About the IP
Cone Clutch Solutions (CCS) develops electronically actuated multi-cone clutch systems for electric vehicles, two-wheel EVs, industrial machines and related high-torque uses.
The mechanical idea is older than this company. Stephen Hargreaves cofounded a company that patented the multi-cone clutch in a constant-mesh layshaft automatic-manual transmission was patented in the early 2000s when electric vehicles were an idea. Today 2026 there are over 300 electric vehicle manufacturers worldwide.
What CCS owns now is the present work: Australian provisional applications filed in 2026 for an electronically actuated multi-cone platform, including 2- and 3-speed EV transmissions, e-motorcycle and e-bike drivetrains, 4×4 disconnect and locking, and non-automotive uses.
Independent engineering is under way with world leading automotive technology engineering global services at AVL List GmbH in Graz.
CCS owns the foreground intellectual property generated and any new IP on that programme.
Cone Clutch Solutions
stephen.hargreaves@coneclutchsolutions.com
coneclutchsolutions.com
Cone Clutch Solutions (CCS) and Electric Vehicle Cone Clutches (EVCC) were founded to solve one of the most persistent engineering challenges of the modern electrified world:
How to transfer high torque, at high speed, with precision, efficiency, and durability — without the limitations of traditional clutch and transmission systems.
Our patented multi‑cone clutch technologies deliver a step‑change in torque density, shift quality, thermal performance, and control. Designed for the next generation of electric vehicles and high‑duty industrial applications, our systems combine advanced mechanical engineering, electronic actuation, motor‑assisted synchronisation, and AI‑enhanced control into a unified platform.
We build technologies that enable OEMs and Tier‑1 suppliers to achieve higher efficiency, lower heat, faster response, and greater durability across a wide range of industries.
Our patented multi‑cone clutch technologies deliver a step‑change in torque density, shift quality, thermal performance, and control. Designed for the next generation of electric vehicles and high‑duty industrial applications, our systems combine advanced mechanical engineering, electronic actuation, motor‑assisted synchronisation, and AI‑enhanced control into a unified platform.
We build technologies that enable OEMs and Tier‑1 suppliers to achieve higher efficiency, lower heat, faster response, and greater durability across a wide range of industries.
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EVCC - ELECTRIC VEHICLE CONE CLUTCH TRANSMISSIONS
- Electric Vehicle Cone Clutch Transmissions (EVCC)
- EVCC is our patented multi‑speed EV transmission platform built on constant‑mesh gears and multi‑cone selector clutches.:
- 🎈Constant‑mesh bell gears
- 🎈Multi‑cone selector clutches
- 🎈Regenerative synchronisation
- 🎈Electronic actuation
- 🎈Torque fill
- 🎈High‑RPM thermal management
- EVCC enables:
- 🥇Faster acceleration
- 🥇Higher sustained power
- 🥇Improved towing and hill‑climb capability
- 🥇Reduced battery size
- 💸5–12% efficiency gains
- 💸Smaller motors for the same output
- This is the next evolution of EV drivetrains.
Meet Our Executive Team
CCS is led by a globally distributed team with deep experience in engineering, commercialisation, and capital formation.
Stephen Hargreaves
Founder
Robert Horkings
Asia-Pacific
Business Development
Alan Tilse
