Selectable clutch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11073183-B2
Application number	US-201916504217-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 5, 2019
Priority date	Jul 5, 2019
Publication date	Jul 27, 2021
Grant date	Jul 27, 2021

Abstract

A selectable clutch includes: input and output members; a pocket plate connected to the output member; struts accommodated in accommodation recess portions of the pocket plate; a notch plate connected to the input member; a selector plate, disposed between the pocket plate and the notch plate; contact portions, movable in an axial direction of the rotational axis, rotating integrally with the selector plate around the rotational axis; and an actuators, fixed so as to be non-rotatable, including a plungers connected with the contact portion via bearings, cases, and coils accommodated in the cases. Further, by the coils being energized and the plungers being sucked in the axial direction, the contact portions are pushed in the axial direction, and by the contact portions being pushed to the input member, the selector plate rotates and the struts rise up.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A selectable clutch comprising:
input and output members each configured to rotate around a rotational axis;
a pocket plate, connected to the output member, having one surface on which a plurality of accommodation recess portions is formed;
a plurality of struts accommodated in the respective accommodation recess portions;
a notch plate, connected to the input member, having an surface on which a plurality of engagement recess portions is formed, the surface facing the one surface of the pocket plate;
a selector plate, disposed between the pocket plate and the notch plate, configured to switch, by being rotated coaxially with the rotational axis, between a state in which the struts rise up from a pocket plate side toward a notch plate side and a state in which the struts are accommodated in the respective accommodation recess portions;
a plurality of contact portions, movable in an axial direction of the rotational axis, configured to rotate integrally with the selector plate around the rotational axis; and
one or more actuators, fixed so as to be non-rotatable, including respective plungers connected with the contact portions via bearings, cases, and coils accommodated in the cases,
wherein, by the coils being energized and the plungers being sucked in the axial direction, the contact portions are pushed in the axial direction, and by the contact portions being pushed to the input member, the selector plate rotates and the struts rise up.

2. The selectable clutch according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an elastic member having one end portion connected to the contact portions via the bearings and another end portion directly or indirectly connected to the plungers; and
a plurality of protruding members, provided on a side surface of the cases, configured to contact respective portions between the one end portions and the another end portions of the elastic member,
wherein, by the another end portions of the elastic member being pushed in a direction of the suction when the coils are energized, and the elastic member elastically deforming with the protruding members functioning as supporting points, the contact portions are pushed in the axial direction, and by the contact portions being pushed to the input member, the selector plate rotates and the struts rise up.

3. The selectable clutch according to claim 2 ,
wherein the elastic member is formed in a circular disk shape and includes a plurality of cutout portions formed in a radial direction, and
wherein leading ends of the plungers are fitted into the respective cutout portions.

4. The selectable clutch according to claim 3 ,
wherein the plungers include respective contact surfaces extending along a direction orthogonal to the axial direction, and
wherein, on side surfaces of the cases, respective regulation members are provided, the regulation members regulating a movement in the axial direction of the plungers by contacting the contact surfaces when suction of the plunger is released.

5. The selectable clutch according to claim 2 ,
wherein the one or more actuators are disposed on an inner diameter side of regions where the output member and the input member contact to each other.

6. The selectable clutch according to claim 2 ,
wherein the protruding members are integrated.

7. The selectable clutch according to claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more actuators are integrated in one case.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shioiri Hiroyuki
• Moteki Taro
• Yamashita Yohko

Classifications

• F16D27/112 Primary

  with flat friction surfaces, e.g. discs · CPC title

• F16D41/125

  the pawl movement having an axial component · CPC title

• F16D41/14

  the effective stroke of the pawl being adjustable · CPC title

• F16D2300/14

  Clutches which are normally open, i.e. not engaged in released state · CPC title

• F16D41/22 Primary

  with clutching ring or disc axially shifted as a result of lost motion between actuating members (F16D41/02, F16D41/24 take precedence) · CPC title