Clutch actuator assembly
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorsIl Soo Kim, Sang Chul Park, Jeong Heon Kam, Han Ho Kwang, Woo Jim Cha, Kwang Soo Nam, Young Kwang Kim
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Abstract
A clutch actuator assembly may include a motor provided with a rotatable worm shaft, a screw thread being formed at an exterior circumference of the worm shaft; a worm wheel having a disk shape, and provided with a worm gear engaged to the screw thread and first and second guiding holes; an operation unit mounted in the first and second guiding holes in order to move toward a radial direction of the worm wheel; and an upper body provided with a fork, and engaging or releasing a clutch by upward and downward movements of the fork corresponding to a movement of the operation unit.
Claims14
A clutch actuator assembly comprising:
- a motor provided with a worm shaft, wherein a screw thread is formed at an exterior circumference of the worm shaft;
- a worm wheel having first and second guiding holes and provided with a worm gear at outer circumference thereof to be engaged to the screw thread of the worm shaft;
- operation units mounted in the first and second guiding holes and moving in a radial direction from or to a rotation center of the worm wheel by operation of the worm wheel;
- an upper body including a penetration hole;
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- a supporter for rotatably supporting the worm wheel, wherein the worm wheel is displaced between the upper body and the supporter;
- wherein the operation units comprises:
- a ball hinge mounted in the first guiding hole and movable along the first guiding hole;
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- an elastic member mounted in the second guiding hole and movable along the second guiding hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.