Patent ID: 9702419
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B60W,F16D,Y10T

Claim:
1. An electromechanical system for controlling the operating mode of a selectable clutch assembly, the system comprising: a control member mounted for controlled movement; a bi-directional, electrically-powered, actuator assembly coupled to the control member for selective, small-displacement, control member movement between different positions which correspond to different operating modes of the clutch assembly, the actuator assembly holding the control member in a desired one of the positions after electrical power to the actuator assembly has been purposefully terminated; and control logic operative to determine a system failure and to generate a failsafe position command signal in the event of the system failure, the actuator assembly moving the control member to a failsafe position based on the failsafe position command signal to prevent inadvertent engagement of the clutch assembly.