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US 11,215,244 B2Granted
Vehicle
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshimoto Matsuda
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Abstract
A vehicle includes: a transmission including an input shaft that receives power inputted from a power source for travel of the vehicle and an output shaft that outputs power to a drive wheel; a manual gear shifting power transmission mechanism that delivers an operation force of a driver as gear shifting power to the transmission; a clutch disposed between the power source for travel of the vehicle and the input shaft; and a controlled clutch actuation power transmission mechanism that delivers power of a clutch actuator as clutch actuation power to the clutch.
Claims15
A vehicle comprising:
- a transmission comprising an input shaft that receives power inputted from power sources for travel of the vehicle and an output shaft that outputs power to a drive wheel, the power sources including an engine and an electric motor;
- a gear shifting power transmission mechanism that delivers a first operation force of a driver as gear shifting power to the transmission;
- a clutch disposed between the engine and the input shaft;
- a controlled clutch actuation power transmission mechanism that delivers power of a clutch actuator as clutch actuation power to the clutch;
- a manual clutch actuation power transmission mechanism that delivers a second operation force of the driver as clutch actuation power to the clutch, and switches a state of power transmission of the engine and the electric motor;
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- a controller that controls the clutch actuator to switch the state of power transmission of the engine and the electric motor based on a mode selected by a program or the driver.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a transmission comprising an input shaft that receives power inputted from a power source for travel of the vehicle and an output shaft that outputs power to a drive wheel;
- a gear shifting power transmission mechanism that delivers a first operation force of a driver as gear shifting power to the transmission;
- a clutch disposed between the power source and the input shaft;
- a controlled clutch actuation power transmission mechanism that delivers power of a clutch actuator as clutch actuation power to the clutch;
- a manual clutch actuation power transmission mechanism that delivers a second operation force of the driver as clutch actuation power to the clutch;
- sensors that detect a difference in rotational speed between an input-side rotating member rotatable in conjunction with rotation of the power source and an output-side rotating member rotatable in conjunction with rotation of the drive wheel;
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- a controller that controls the power source based on an output from the sensors in such a manner as to reduce the difference in rotational speed between the input-side rotating member and the output-side rotating member, wherein
- the controller controls the clutch actuator based on an output from the sensors and causes the clutch to be actuated via the controlled clutch actuation power transmission mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.