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US 10,233,976 B2Granted
Vehicle drivetrain assembly having a clutch collar actuator mechanism
AssigneeMeritor Commercial Vehicle Systems India Private Limited
InventorsDhananjaya Siddaramappa, Supreeth Chandrashekar, Kishan Kumar Udupi, Prashanth Kuruba
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Abstract
A vehicle drivetrain assembly having a clutch collar actuator mechanism. The clutch collar actuator mechanism may include an air bellow and a fork that may operatively connect an actuator rod to a clutch collar. The clutch collar actuator mechanism may actuate the clutch collar from a first position to a second position when the air bellow is inflated.
Claims20
A vehicle drivetrain assembly comprising:
- a housing assembly;
- a shaft that is disposed in the housing assembly and that rotates about an axis;
- a clutch collar that is moveably disposed on the shaft;
- a clutch collar actuator mechanism that actuates the clutch collar, the clutch collar actuator mechanism including:
- an actuator rod;
- a fork that operatively connects the actuator rod to the clutch collar;
- a cap disposed on the housing assembly;
- and
- an air bellow that is disposed between the actuator rod and the cap, wherein the air bellow has a mounting panel that engages the actuator rod and an inflatable bladder that extends from the mounting panel to the cap, wherein the mounting panel and the inflatable bladder cooperate to define a chamber that receives pressurized gas;
- wherein the clutch collar moves from a first position to a second position when the air bellow is inflated.
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A vehicle drivetrain assembly comprising:
- a housing assembly;
- a shaft that is disposed in the housing assembly and that rotates about an axis;
- a clutch collar that is moveably disposed on the shaft;
- a clutch collar actuator mechanism that actuates the clutch collar, the clutch collar actuator mechanism including:
- an actuator rod that extends along an actuation axis;
- a fork that operatively connects the actuator rod to the clutch collar;
- a cap that has a cavity, a coupling ring that is disposed in the cavity, and a port;
- an air bellow that is fluidly connected to the port and is disposed between the actuator rod and the cap, wherein the coupling ring is received in an air bellow port in the air bellow and the clutch collar moves from a first position to a second position when the air bellow is inflated;
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- a biasing member that actuates the clutch collar from the second position to the first position when the air bellow is deflated.
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A vehicle drivetrain assembly comprising:
- a housing assembly;
- a shaft that is disposed in the housing assembly and that rotates about an axis;
- a clutch collar that is moveably disposed on the shaft;
- a clutch collar actuator mechanism that actuates the clutch collar, the clutch collar actuator mechanism including:
- an actuator rod that extends along an actuation axis;
- a fork that extends from the actuator rod to the clutch collar;
- a cap that has a port and is disposed on the housing assembly;
- an air bellow that is fluidly connected to the port and is disposed between the actuator rod and the cap, wherein the air bellow has a mounting panel that is disposed proximate the actuator rod and an inflatable bladder that has an air bellow port that is fluidly connected to the port of the cap, wherein the clutch collar moves from a first position to a second position when the air bellow is inflated;
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- a biasing member that actuates the clutch collar from the second position to the first position when the air bellow is deflated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.