Automated manual transmission for vehicle

An automated manual transmission for a vehicle comprising:

• a shifting section provided with a plurality of shifting units for implementing different gear ratio between an input shaft and an output shaft;
• and
• a continuously variable power transfer unit for transferring a power from a power providing device to the output shaft at a continuously variable gear ratio, wherein the continuously variable power transfer unit is disposed between the output shaft and the power providing device
• wherein the continuously variable power transfer unit includes;
• a driving circular plate that is engaged to the power providing device;
• a driven circular plate that is engaged to the output shaft of the shifting section and is arranged in parallel to the driving circular plate, the driven circular plate being rotatable around a first rotation shaft spaced in parallel from a second rotation shaft of the driving circular plate;
• a driving member in the form of a roller disposed between the driven circular plate and the driving circular plate and arranged such that a contact radius of the driving member with the driving circular plate and a contact radius of the driving member with the driven circular plate are increased-decreased mutually simultaneously by a movement thereof along a common radial direction of the driving circular plate and the driven circular plate;
• and
• a driving member adjustment device selectively moving the driving member,
• wherein a clutch for providing intermittently power from the power providing device to the input shaft is provided between the input shaft and the power providing device,
• wherein the power providing device is an engine of an internal combustion engine,
• wherein the clutch includes a clutch disk that is configured to be in contact with a fly wheel of the engine, and
• wherein the driving circular plate is connected to a clutch cover which surrounds an outer part of the clutch disk, the driving circular plate being driven by a hollow shaft through which the input shaft passes, and receives power therefrom.

An automated manual transmission for a vehicle comprising:

• a shifting section provided with a plurality of shifting units for implementing different gear ratio between an input shaft and an output shaft;
• and
• a continuously variable power transfer unit for transferring a power from a power providing device to the output shaft at a continuously variable gear ratio, wherein the continuously variable power transfer unit is disposed between the output shaft and the power providing device,
• wherein the continuously variable power transfer unit includes:
• a driving circular plate that is engaged to the power providing device;
• a driven circular plate that is arranged in parallel to the driving circular plate, the driven circular plate being rotatable around a first rotation shaft spaced in parallel from a second rotation shaft of the driving circular plate;
• a support circular plate that is arranged coaxially with the driving circular plate and the output shaft and is connected to the output shaft;
• a driving member disposed between the driven circular plate and the driving circular plate and arranged such that a contact radius thereof with the driving circular plate and a contact radius thereof with the driven circular plate are increased-decreased mutually simultaneously by a movement thereof along a common radial direction of the driving circular plate and the driven circular plate;
• a driving member adjustment device selectively moving the driving member;
• and
• a support side cylinder being connected to the support circular plate and compressing the support circular plate toward the driving member or separating the support circular plate from the driving member, and
• wherein the driving member adjustment devices includes:
• a reference control plate having a radial guide groove, wherein the radial guide groove is formed from a rotation center of the reference control plate in a radial direction thereof so that the driving member is inserted in the radial guide groove for a radial movement of the driving member to be guided therealong;
• and
• an inclination control plate having an inclination guide groove, wherein the inclination control plate is formed to be slanted with respect to a radial direction from a rotation center of the inclination control plate,
• wherein the reference control plate and the inclination control plate are coaxially arranged at the rotation centers of the reference control plate and the inclination control plate with the driving circular plate to be rotated relatively, and
• wherein the driving member is inserted in the radial guide groove and the inclination guide groove for a movement thereof to be guided.