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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2014
Ksr Ip Holdings, Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Lingmin Shao, Ridgetown, CA;
Jim Hartford, Blenheim, CA;
KSR IP Holdings, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The present invention uses a sensor to determine when a pressure plate and a clutch plate of a dual clutch transmission system are in contact with one another. The assembly includes a housing having a plurality of pistons connected to both the clutch plate and pressure plate. The pistons contain either magnets or couplers and are positioned adjacent one another separated by either a Hall effect sensor or an inductive sensor. As the pressure plates and clutch plates come into contact with one another the pistons move within the housing and said movement is detected by the sensor. The sensor determines if the pressure plate is in contact with the clutch plate and if the clutch plate or the pressure plate has traveled any linear distance.