IP Library Granted Patent US 11,162,547
Granted Patent B2
US 11,162,547 · App. 17/263,561 · Granted Nov 2, 2021

Clutch-by-wire system

Inventors: Masahiro Shimizu (Wako, JP); Kuniaki Wakamatsu (Wako, JP); Yoshinobu Shiomi (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
F16D48/06B62K23/06
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Patent No.
US 11,162,547
App. No.
17/263,561
Granted
Nov 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A clutch-by-wire system includes a clutch lever body ( 60 ) which is operated by an occupant, a knocker ( 70 ) which engages with the clutch lever body ( 60 ) and rotates around a rotation axis (O), a reactive force generation device ( 130 ) which engages with the knocker ( 70 ) and generates an operation reactive force on the clutch lever body ( 60 ), and a rotation sensor ( 160 ) which detects a rotation angle of the knocker ( 70 ).

Claims (12)

1. A clutch-by-wire system comprising:

a clutch lever body which is operated by an occupant;

a main body support portion which engages with the clutch lever body and rotates around a rotation axis;

a reactive force generation device which engages with the main body support portion and generates an operation reactive force on the clutch lever body; and

a rotation sensor which detects a rotation angle of the main body support portion,

wherein the main body support portion is formed to have a U-shaped cross section which opens in a direction orthogonal to the rotation axis and in which the clutch lever body is inserted inside, engages with the clutch lever body at a first location in an opening direction with respect to the rotation axis, and engages with the reactive force generation device at a second location in a direction opposite to the opening direction with respect to the rotation axis.

2. The clutch-by-wire system according to claim 1 , further comprising a shaft member which rotates around the rotation axis together with the clutch lever body and the main body support portion,

wherein the rotation sensor detects a rotation angle of the shaft member.

3. The clutch-by-wire system according to claim 1 , wherein the clutch lever main body is in close contact with the main body support portion directly or via another member at a plurality of locations in an axial direction of the rotation axis.

4. The clutch-by-wire system according to claim 1 , wherein the clutch lever body is sandwiched by the main body support portion from both sides in the axial direction of the rotation axis.

5. The clutch-by-wire system according to claim 1 , wherein the main body support portion includes a roller which is in contact with the reactive force generation device.

6. The clutch-by-wire system according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation sensor is disposed below the clutch lever body.

Assignments (2)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Nov 15, 2023
From: OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 065571/0951 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2021
From: SHIMIZU, MASAHIRO; WAKAMATSU, KUNIAKI; SHIOMI, YOSHINOBU
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055041/0010 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-151508 · Aug 10, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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