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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
May. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroshi Ogino, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 86 ; 4161 / ; 192 487 ;
Abstract
A transmission arrangement reduces internal stresses and friction within a coupling that links a shift operator with a counter-rotating clutch element of a dual clutch assembly. The shift operator, which interconnects the dual clutches, includes a gap in the connection between the clutches to interject a small degree of play between the clutch elements. The resulting clearance compensates for any adverse tolerance stack-ups which otherwise would produce significant friction between the coupling and the counter-rotating clutch element. The degree of play within the assembly, however, is not so large as to affect the smoothness of the transmission when shifting.