US 12,203,545 B2
External actuator system
Bengt Cyrén, Svanesund (SE); and Jasmin Insanic, Jönköping (SE)
Assigned to KA Group AG, Zürich (CH)
Appl. No. 18/554,740
Filed by KA Group AG, Zürich (CH)
PCT Filed Oct. 21, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/059718
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 10, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/219393, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/174,815, filed on Apr. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0209938 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. F16H 63/30 (2006.01); F16D 23/12 (2006.01); F16H 63/32 (2006.01); F16D 23/14 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 63/32 (2013.01) [F16D 23/12 (2013.01); F16H 63/304 (2013.01); F16D 2023/123 (2013.01); F16D 2023/141 (2013.01); F16H 2063/325 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An actuator comprising:
a support including an outer surface and an inner surface, with the support having at least one pair of lugs extending from the outer surface of the support, each lug having an opening;
a drive system connected with the inner surface of the support;
a shift fork pivotally mounted to the pair of lugs with the shift fork operatively connected to the drive system and configured to move a distance defining a stroke length between a disengaged position and an engaged position;
an actuation assembly operatively connected with the drive system to move the shift fork between a neutral position, and a shifted position, with a plurality of intermediate positions between the neutral and shifted positions;
wherein the shift fork extends extending outward through the openings of the pair of lugs from the inner surface away from the outer surface.