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Clutch assembly for a manual transmission of a motor vehicle

US11629763B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Andreas Tissot · Remscheid, DE
Carsten Weber · Aalen, DE
Frank Kraemer · Neunkirchen, DE
Bernhard Mueller · Finsing, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 21, 2021
Grant date	Apr 18, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 21, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16D2500/7041
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a clutch assembly for a manual transmission of a motor vehicle, having an axially running transmission input shaft which, by way of a clutch having a central release mechanism disposed on the transmission input shaft, is able to be coupled to a motor output shaft. The transmission input shaft has at least one ferromagnetic measuring portion. The magnetization of the ferromagnetic measuring portion is able to be influenced in a magnetoelastic manner by a torsion of the transmission input shaft. Portions of the central release mechanism surround the at least one measuring portion and has a sensor device which is specified for measuring a variable as a function of the magnetization of at least one measuring portion.

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