US 11,994,180 B1
Clutch control device
Junya Ono, Tokyo (JP); Yoshiaki Tsukada, Tokyo (JP); Takashi Ozeki, Tokyo (JP); Koichi Furusato, Tokyo (JP); Yuma Kaibe, Tokyo (JP); Ryohei Tsuzuki, Tokyo (JP); Yasushi Fujimoto, Tokyo (JP); and Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/284,083
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 15, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/011703
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 26, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/209869, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-062322 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Int. Cl. F16D 48/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 48/06 (2013.01) [F16D 2500/102 (2013.01); F16D 2500/10412 (2013.01); F16D 2500/1117 (2013.01); F16D 2500/3023 (2013.01); F16D 2500/3067 (2013.01); F16D 2500/31413 (2013.01); F16D 2500/5048 (2013.01); F16D 2500/7041 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clutch control device comprising:
a clutch apparatus configured to connect and disconnect power transmission between a prime mover and an output target;
a clutch actuator configured to output a driving force for actuating the clutch apparatus;
a control unit configured to drive the clutch actuator; and
an operating force transmission mechanism configured to transmit an operating force of a driver with respect to a clutch operator to the clutch apparatus,
wherein an operating force sensor configured to detect the operating force of the driver is provided in the operating force transmission mechanism,
the control unit drives the clutch actuator according to a detection value of the operating force sensor,
a release shaft comprises:
an upper release shaft configured to receive the operating force of the driver,
an intermediate release shaft configured to transmit an input from the clutch actuator, and
a lower release shaft configured to be rotated by the upper release shaft and the intermediate release shaft, and
the operating force sensor is attached to the upper release shaft.