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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Kenji Itagaki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Naofumi Magarida, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 48/06 (2006.01); F16D 41/12 (2006.01); F16D 41/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 48/06 (2013.01); F16D 41/125 (2013.01); F16D 41/14 (2013.01); F16D 2500/10493 (2013.01);
Abstract
A clutch system of the present invention executes, when switching a selectable one-way clutch from a lock mode to a free mode, an early mode switching control where while a selector plate is made go into a waiting state that a pawl member protruding from a fixed plate is abutting against a non-formation portion, a negative torque is made to act on a rotational plate in a negative rotational direction, and, by controlling the negative torque, the selector plate of the waiting state is made to rotate up to a release position.