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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2014
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, JP;
Takeshi Yamamoto, Izumisano, JP;
Hiroshi Kushino, Obu, JP;
Kunihiko Suzuki, Gamagori, JP;
Noriyuki Fujii, Hekinan, JP;
Takashi Hosokawa, Takahama, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A driving force transmission apparatus includes: an electric motor; a multi-disc clutch including outer clutch plates and inner clutch plates that are disposed coaxially with each other so as to be rotatable relative to each other and that are frictionally engaged with each other by being pressed in an axial direction; an input rotary member that rotates together with the outer clutch plates; an output rotary member that rotates together with the inner clutch plates; a cam mechanism that generates cam thrust force for pressing the multi-disc clutch in the axial direction upon reception of torque generated by the electric motor; a strain sensor that detects reaction force against the cam thrust force; and a spring member that is disposed between the cam mechanism and the strain sensor and that buffers an impact transmitted from the cam mechanism to the strain sensor.