Patent ID: 6439362
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: B60W,F16D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
An actuating arrangement for motor vehicles having an engine, a torque transmitting system and a transmission, the actuating arrangement comprising:a first means for initiating, discontinuing or regulating the transmission of torque; at least one second means for initiating a gear shifting operation within one of a plurality of gear shifting paths; a third means for initiating a gear ratio selecting operation between the gear shifting paths; at least one actor; and an electronic control unit operatively connected to the at least one actor, the at least one actor actuating, in a predetermined manner, means for the regulation of the transmission of torque, the at least one actor being arranged outside of a clutch housing, wherein at least one of said second and third means for initiating the gear shifting and gear ratio selecting operations reaches from inside the clutch housing through a wall of the clutch housing into the transmission.