Peak torque decreasing apparatus for an automobile power train
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasayuki Kii, Hiroaki Nimura, Mitsuhiro Umeyama
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Abstract
An idler mass member is provided inside or outside a torque transmittance path including a clutch for connecting and disconnecting an engine side and a transmission side having a synchromesh. The idler mass member is detached from a power train when the clutch is disengaged and is brought into contact or engagement with a driven side of the power train when or before the clutch is moved to be engaged. Due to the idler mass member, a peak torque generated in the driven side at a rushed start of an automobile is decreased.
Claims3
A peak torque decreasing apparatus for an automobile power train comprising:
- a drive side assembly;
- a driven side assembly including a transmission having a synchromesh;
- a clutch, including a clutch disk disposed between the drive side assembly and the driven side assembly for connecting and disconnecting the drive side assembly and the driven side assembly when the clutch is engaged and disengaged respectively, the driven side assembly, the driven side assembly, and the clutch constructing a torque transmittance path from an automobile engine to an automobile wheel;
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- an idler mass member;
- means for disengaging said idler mass member from both said drive side assembly and said driven side assembly when said clutch is disengaged;
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- means for engaging said idler mass member directly with said clutch disk to engage said idler mass member with said driven side assembly when said clutch is engaged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.