Clutch operation device
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorsTakanori Tatebe, Naoto Yabuki
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Abstract
A clutch operation device includes: a clutch operator; a vibration applicator; a transition state detector; and a vibration application controller. The clutch operator is configured to switch between an engaged state and a disengaged state. In the engaged state, power transmission is performed between a traveling power source of a vehicle and wheels of the vehicle. In the disengaged state, the power transmission is cut off. The vibration applicator is configured to apply vibration to the clutch operator. The transition state detector is configured to perform detection of a transition state between the engaged state and the disengaged state. The vibration application controller is configured to activate the vibration applicator in accordance with the detection of the transition state.
Claims8
A clutch operation device characterized by comprising:
- a clutch operator configured to switch between an engaged state and a disengaged state, the engaged state involving power transmission performed between a traveling power source of a vehicle and wheels of the vehicle, the disengaged state involving the power transmission being cut off;
- a vibration applicator configured to apply vibration to the clutch operator;
- a transition state detector configured to perform detection of a transition state between the engaged state and the disengaged state;
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- a vibration application controller configured to activate the vibration applicator in accordance with the detection of the transition state, wherein
- the clutch operation device further comprises an operation speed detector configured to perform detection of an operation speed of the clutch operator, and
- the vibration application controller is configured to increase amplitude of a vibration application waveform of the vibration applicator in accordance with an increase in the operation speed.
A clutch operation device characterized by comprising:
- a clutch operator configured to switch between an engaged state and a disengaged state, the engaged state involving power transmission performed between a traveling power source of a vehicle and wheels of the vehicle, the disengaged state involving the power transmission being cut off;
- a vibration applicator configured to apply vibration to the clutch operator;
- a transition state detector configured to perform detection of a transition state between the engaged state and the disengaged state;
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- a vibration application controller configured to activate the vibration applicator in accordance with the detection of the transition state, wherein
- the clutch operation device comprises a vibration input detector configured to perform detection of a vibration input from a road surface, and
- the vibration application controller is configured to increase amplitude of a vibration application waveform of the vibration applicator in accordance with an increase in amplitude of the vibration input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.