Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Hyundai Mobis Corporation

Kwang Soo Nam

Il Gyu Kim

Young Kwang Kim

Sang Chul Park

Jeong Heon Kam

Woo Jin Cha

Jeong Heon Kam Song

Woo Jim Cha

Han Ho Kwang

Han Ho Hwang

A clutch actuator assembly may include a motor provided with a rotatable worm shaft, a screw thread being formed at an exterior circumference of the worm shaft; a worm wheel having a disk shape, and provided with a worm gear engaged to the screw thread and first and second guiding holes; an operation unit mounted in the first and second guiding holes in order to move toward a radial direction of the worm wheel; and an upper body provided with a fork, and engaging or releasing a clutch by upward and downward movements of the fork corresponding to a movement of the operation unit.

Clutch actuator assembly

A clutch actuator is configured to change operational force applied to a clutch in cases that a worm wheel is rotated by a motor. The clutch actuator may include a motor provided with a rotatable worm shaft, a screw thread formed along an exterior circumference of the worm shaft, a worm wheel provided with a worm gear engaging the screw thread, and a cam recess, an operation rod mounted to the worm wheel, the operation rod configured to engage or release a clutch, and a rotatable operation unit disposed within the cam recess, and configured to apply elastic force to the worm wheel. Methods of using the clutch actuator are also described.

Clutch actuator

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Yongin, South Korea

Kwang Soo Nam