Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Twin-clutch device
- Patent Title (中): 双离合器装置
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Application No.: US13002853Application Date: 2009-07-08
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Publication No.: US08678153B2Publication Date: 2014-03-25
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Ogawa , Akira Murakami
- Applicant: Hiroyuki Ogawa , Akira Murakami
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2008-179545 20080709
- International Application: PCT/IB2009/006187 WO 20090708
- International Announcement: WO2010/004410 WO 20100114
- Main IPC: F16D37/02
- IPC: F16D37/02 ; F16D47/06 ; F16D21/06 ; F16D27/01 ; F16D27/12

Abstract:
A twin-clutch device that selectively transmits torque from a driving wheel to a first driven wheel and/or a second driven wheel is provided. The first and second driven wheels are arranged respectively on both sides of the driving wheel, a functional fluid that decreases its flowability as an applied stimulus is increased and that increases its flowability as the applied stimulus is reduced fills gaps between the driving wheel and the first and second driven wheels, the driving wheel includes a stimulus generating member electrically controlled to generate a stimulus, and flowability of the functional fluid between the driving wheel and one of the first and second driven wheels is decreased with an increase in stimulus applied to the functional fluid by the stimulus generating member to couple the driving wheel to the one of the first and second driven wheels, thus allowing torque transmission therebetween.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110127133A1 TWIN-CLUTCH DEVICE Public/Granted day:2011-06-02
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