Patent ID: 8286769
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: B60K,F16D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An integrated clutch-transmission assembly for a road vehicle; the integrated clutch-transmission assembly comprising: a power-assisted clutch having a number of corresponding first hydraulic actuators; a power-assisted transmission having a number of corresponding second hydraulic actuators; at least one high-pressure pump for the control fluid of the hydraulic actuators; a number of solenoid valves for controlling the hydraulic actuators; a common housing which houses the clutch with the first hydraulic actuators and the transmission with the second hydraulic actuators; and a flat supporting plate, which is an inner wall of the housing and is completely housed inside the housing to divide the housing into a first chamber housing the clutch, and a second chamber housing the transmission; wherein the flat supporting plate includes a first face supporting the clutch, and a second face parallel to and opposite the first face and supporting the high-pressure pump and at least some of the solenoid valves.