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US 9,726,230 B2Granted
Lever system
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsDominik Herkommer, Markus Baehr
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Abstract
A lever system for actuating at least one clutch, comprising at least one pivotable lever that has a certain bending stiffness. The lever has at least one flexurally elastic zone which is designed and/or arranged in such a way that the bending stiffness of the lever varies in accordance with an actuation path of the clutch.
Claims16
A lever system for actuating at least one clutch, comprising:
- at least one pivotable lever having a first flexural rigidity, wherein said lever has at least one flexurally elastic region, the at least one flexurally elastic region including a second flexural rigidity and is designed and/or arranged in such a way that said flexural rigidity of said lever varies as a function of an actuating path of said clutch;
- a carriage positioned on a bottom surface of the lever, wherein the carriage is arranged at a first end of the lever and a second end of the lever, opposite the first end, is pivotably fixed at a pivot.
A lever system for actuating at least one clutch, comprising:
- at least one pivotable lever having a first flexural rigidity and a contact area to output an actuation force of said lever, wherein said lever has at least one flexurally elastic region, the at least one flexurally elastic region including a second flexural rigidity and is designed and/or arranged in such a way that said flexural rigidity of said lever varies as a function of an actuating path of said clutch, said lever pivotably secured at a first end of said lever;
- wherein, the contact area of said lever is arranged on said lever at a first distance from said first end of said lever, and said flexurally elastic region is arranged on said lever at a second distance from said first end of said lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.