Double clutch with a differentiator
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorEckhard KIRCHNER
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Abstract
A double clutch includes, but is not limited to an inner clutch for connecting to an inner input shaft to a crankshaft of an engine. The double clutch also includes, but is not limited to an outer clutch for connecting to an outer input shaft to the crankshaft. The double clutch further includes, but is not limited to one or more differentiators coupled to at least one levers of the two clutches for providing adjustments in stroke distance to at least one of the two clutches for clutching.
Claims20
A double clutch comprising:
- an inner clutch connecting an inner input shaft to a crankshaft of an engine;
- an outer clutch connecting an outer input shaft to the crankshaft);
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- at least one differentiator coupled to at least one levers of the inner clutch and the outer clutch and configured to provide adjustments in stroke distance to at least one of the inner clutch or the outer clutch for clutching.
A double clutch transmission comprising:
- an inner input shaft and an outer input shaft, at least a portion of the inner input shaft surrounded by the outer input shaft;
- a layshaft spaced apart from the inner input shaft and the outer input shaft and arranged in parallel to the inner input shaft;
- a pinion mounted on the layshaft;
- gearwheels of a launch gear mounted on one of the inner input shaft and the outer input shaft and the layshaft, the gearwheels comprising a driving gearwheel on the one of the inner input shaft and the outer input shaft meshing with a driven gearwheel on the layshaft;
- a coupling device of the launch gear on the layshaft, and
- a double clutch, comprising:
- an inner clutch connecting the inner input shaft to a crankshaft of an engine;
- an outer clutch connecting the outer input shaft to the crankshaft);
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- at least one differentiator coupled to at least one levers of the inner clutch and the outer clutch and configured to provide adjustments in stroke distance to at least one of the inner clutch or the outer clutch for clutching.
A method for using a double clutch comprising:
- providing the double clutch that has an inner clutch and an outer clutch;
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- activating the double clutch by engaging the inner clutch to an input shaft and disengaging the outer clutch other from the outer clutch simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.