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US 12,504,071 B2Granted
Disconnecting device
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Wia Corporation
InventorsTae Hyung Lee, Jin Woo Byeon, Kook Lae Cho, Dong Yun Lee
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Abstract
A disconnecting device may include a ball ramp plate rotatably provided on a guide plate, a pressing module provided coaxially with the ball ramp plate and configured to selectively press a clutch while being moved in an axial direction by a rotation of the ball ramp plate, and a separation module provided coaxially with the pressing module and configured to selectively separate a first member and a second member in accordance with the rotation of the ball ramp plate.
Claims19
A disconnecting apparatus comprising:
- a ball ramp plate rotatably provided on a guide plate;
- a pressing module provided coaxially with the ball ramp plate and configured to selectively press a clutch while being moved in an axial direction by a rotation of the ball ramp plate;
- and
- a separation module provided coaxially with the pressing module and configured to selectively separate a first member and a second member in accordance with the rotation of the ball ramp plate,
- wherein the separation module includes:
- a cylindrical cam configured to rotate integrally with the ball ramp plate;
- a shift fork configured to be moved in the axial direction by a rotation of the cylindrical cam;
- and
- a sleeve configured to couple the first member and the second member or separate the first member and the second member in accordance with a movement of the shift fork.
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