Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Hyundai Mobis Corporation

Woo Jin Cha

Il Gyu Kim

Young Kwang Kim

Sang Chul Park

Kwang Soo Nam

Han Ho Hwang

Jeong Heon Kam Song

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

Growing community of inventors

Yongin, South Korea

Woo Jin Cha