Power switching device for vehicles
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHideaki KII, Seiji Itoo, Ayumi Hamada
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Abstract
A power switching device for vehicle has an engaging mechanism for connecting and disconnecting between a pair of rotating members arranged on a driving force transmission passage, an operating mechanism for switch-operating the engaging mechanism, an electric actuator, and a waiting mechanism having an elastic member, wherein the elastic member is incorporated to the waiting mechanism so that the elastic member can temporarily accumulate the operating power only when the engaging mechanism is switched to the engaged condition.
Claims14
A power switching device for vehicle, the switching device comprising:
- an engaging mechanism for connecting and disconnecting between a pair of rotating members arranged on a driving force transmission passage from a driving source to wheels;
- an operating mechanism for switch-operating the engaging mechanism between an engaged condition and a disengaged condition;
- an electric actuator for providing operating power to the operating mechanism;
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- a waiting mechanism having an elastic member for temporarily accumulating the operating power and then transmitting the operating power to the engaging mechanism, wherein:
- the engaging mechanism has a pair of engage portions provided on both the rotating members and is switched between the engaged condition and the disengaged condition by moving one of the engage portions relative to the other engage portion in an axial direction of the rotating member, and
- the elastic member is incorporated into the waiting mechanism so that the elastic member can temporarily accumulate the operating power only when the engaging mechanism is switched from the disengaged condition to the engaged condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.