US 12,345,302 B2
Clutch control device
Yasushi Fujimoto, Tokyo (JP); Yoshiaki Tsukada, Tokyo (JP); Junya Ono, Tokyo (JP); Takashi Ozeki, Tokyo (JP); Koichi Furusato, Tokyo (JP); Yuma Kaibe, Tokyo (JP); Ryohei Tsuzuki, Tokyo (JP); and Tatsuya Ryuzaki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/284,545
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 8, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/010033
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/209632, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-062275 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0084902 A1, Mar. 13, 2025
Int. Cl. F16D 48/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 48/06 (2013.01) [F16D 2500/1023 (2013.01); F16D 2500/1117 (2013.01); F16D 2500/3022 (2013.01)] 4 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; and
a driving mechanism configured to receive the driving force of the clutch actuator and actuate the clutch apparatus,
wherein the driving mechanism is able to apply the driving force in either a disconnecting direction or a connecting direction to the clutch apparatus,
the clutch actuator applies the driving force in a clutch connecting direction to the clutch apparatus according to an operation situation of the prime mover,
the clutch apparatus comprises a spring member configured to generate a pressing force in the clutch connecting direction,
the clutch actuator applies the driving force in the clutch connecting direction to the clutch apparatus by a driving source separate from the spring member, in addition to a biasing force of the spring member, only in a previously determined operation situation of the prime mover,
the driving mechanism comprises a first transmission member on a side of the clutch actuator and a second transmission member on a side of the clutch apparatus, and
the first transmission member is in constant mechanical engagement with the second transmission member.