Apparatus for operating clutch
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorYoungho Kim
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Abstract
An apparatus for operating a clutch which may be mounted at a vehicle structure and controls an operation of the clutch may include a motor provided with a motor shaft and receiving electrical energy so as to selectively rotate the motor shaft, a cam mounted at the motor shaft and rotating together with the motor shaft, and a push rod assembly coupled to a clutch fork of the clutch, wherein the push rod assembly may be elastically biased toward and slidably contacted to the cam such that the push rod assembly moves forward or rearward according to a rotating angle of the cam so as to operate the clutch fork.
Claims12
An apparatus for operating a clutch which is mounted at a vehicle structure and controls an operation of the clutch, the apparatus comprising:
- a motor provided with a motor shaft and receiving electrical energy so as to selectively rotate the motor shaft;
- a cam mounted at the motor shaft and rotating together with the motor shaft;
- and
- a push rod assembly coupled to a clutch fork of the clutch, wherein the push rod assembly is elastically biased toward and slidably contacted to the cam such that the push rod assembly moves forward or rearward according to a rotating angle of the cam so as to operate the clutch fork;
- wherein the push rod assembly comprises:
- a body slidably contacted with the cam at a rear surface of the body;
- and
- a push rod extending forward from a front surface of the body and coupled to the clutch fork.
An apparatus for operating a clutch which is mounted at a vehicle structure and controls an operation of the clutch, the apparatus comprising:
- a motor selectively rotating a motor shaft;
- a push rod assembly coupled to a clutch fork of the clutch;
- and
- a cam formed to an end portion of the motor shaft to convert a rotation movement of the motor shaft into a rectilinear movement of the push rod assembly,
- wherein the push rod assembly comprises:
- a body having a rear surface slidably contacted with the cam so as to receive driving torque of the motor;
- and
- a push rod extending forward from a front surface of the body and coupled to the clutch fork.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.