Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Twin clutch two speed disconnect RDU
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Application No.: US17428673Application Date: 2020-02-05
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Publication No.: US11890927B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Todd Ekonen , Michael Burr , Mitchell Holland , Kyle Milliman , Gary Monkaba , Evan Swinger , Jayson Allison , Sean Hayes , Simon Joliff , Joe Schaffer
- Applicant: LINAMAR CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: CA Guelph
- Assignee: Linamar Corporation
- Current Assignee: Linamar Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: CA Guelph
- Agency: Miller Canfield
- International Application: PCT/US2020/016851 2020.02.05
- International Announcement: WO2020/163505A 2020.08.13
- Date entered country: 2021-08-05
- Main IPC: B60K17/04
- IPC: B60K17/04 ; B60K17/02 ; B60K17/16 ; B60K17/354 ; B60K23/04 ; B60K23/08 ; F16D21/06 ; F16D25/061 ; F16D25/10 ; F16H61/30 ; F16H48/19 ; F16H63/04 ; F16H63/30 ; F16H63/34 ; F16H57/02

Abstract:
An improved twin clutch, two-speed disconnect secondary drive unit, which may be configured as a rear drive unit (RDU) for an all wheel drive vehicle is provided. The RDU is driven through an input shaft, which is connected to a vehicle drive source such as a motor, and includes a twin clutch assembly, which is connected to the drive shaft and is selectively actuated to drive left and right main shafts, which drive respective wheels of the vehicle. The RDU further includes a modular a shift assembly mountable to one or both of said main shafts to drive output shafts, wherein each shift assembly is selectively operable between the hi-range and lo-range modes to shift driving operation of the output shafts between hi-speed and lo-speed operation. The shift assembly may be controlled by improved mono-stable or bi-stable actuators.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220118847A1 DISCONNECTABLE TWO SPEED VEHICLE REAR DRIVE UNIT WITH TWIN CLUTCH Public/Granted day:2022-04-21
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