Patent ID: 6802794
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: B60K,F16H

Abstract:
A twin clutch controller assembly comprising, in combination,a first clutch for selectively engaging a first driven member with one of a pair of drive members, a second clutch for providing modulating engagement between said first driven member and a second driven member, a rotatable shift rail having at least one cam follower, a driver for bi-directionally rotating said shift rail, a shift fork adapted to translate said first clutch, said shift fork disposed adjacent said cam follower and defining at least one cam having active, helical and inactive, dwell regions, a cam actuator adapted to generate and apply compressive force to said second clutch, and an assembly driven by said shift rail and adapted to activate said cam actuator when said cam follower is in said inactive, dwell region of said cam and to release said actuator when said cam follower is in said active, helical region of said cam, said assembly including a gear having spaced apart shoulders engaged by a projection on said shift rail and a sector plate engaged by said gear and driving said cam actuator.